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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Even rougher than Friday night festivities for several thousand men of Dartmouth was the first sight of the headline in their morning "Dartmouths" as they rolled out of bed: "Seven Indian Starters Overcome by Food Poison On Eve of Game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartmouth Learns the Hard Way Not to Believe everything in Print | 11/12/1946 | See Source »

...Generalissimo was happy, it was not because peace was in sight, but rather because the recent success of his armies has convinced many doubters that China can be unified by military means-as Chiang the Soldier had argued. In Nanking, both generals and politicians-who have not always agreed in the past-were talking of being able to clear main rail lines south of the Great Wall within three months. The generals had told Chiang they could take Harbin at any time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Happy Birthday | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

...week's end, RFC was still saying no. In the uproar everyone had lost sight of the fact that NHA did not know whether people would like to live in enameled steel houses even if they are made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Clonk | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

...reliable personality," Lennox admitted that the absence of brain-wave tests renders any conclusion uncertain. But he saw as sound indications of amnesia the three serious concussions suffered by West, and the testimony of his roommates that he collapsed the morning of the Friday he dropped from sight...

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: Medical Evidence Hints at Amnesia In West Mystery | 11/4/1946 | See Source »

...seen West "frequently" during the last week of his attendance at the University, Miss Law asserted, and she gave assurance that "his behavior was always normal." The first indication she had of his disappearance, she said, was when he failed to call her the day he dropped from sight, as he had promised to do the previous evening...

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: Woman Teacher Was With West on Evening Before Disappearance | 11/2/1946 | See Source »

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