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...race settled down into a contest of durability on a track foul with exhaust fumes and simmering with bakeoven heat. For all their high-flown names (Springfield Welding Special, Cop-Sil-Loy Brake Special, Grancor-Elgin Piston Pin Special), all but one of the low-slung racers were powered by four-cylinder Meyer-Drake engines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Formula | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

...Langle. The papers comprise a diary which records Napoleon's conversations throughout the exile, and a regular summary of daily court life. But everything was written in a private shorthand of hieroglyphic complexity, e.g., "N.a. j. et. d. sa. sal. de bil une Ba; il. dde au Gm. sil sa. ce. q. c'e. C'une ma. de G. il d. dab. q. cest un bal. p. ses enf. Est ce p. ser. a desc. sur un remp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Marshal & Master | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

...sides). The Met's little wren perches on a high E and holds it in Caro Nome from Verdi's Rigoletto. Just as showy are Heinrich Proch's Theme and Variations for Soprano Voice and David's Charmant Oiseau from La Perle du Brésil. Performance : excellent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Nov. 5, 1945 | 11/5/1945 | See Source »

...Look," he said, snatching off his cap, "I wouldn't order you to do anything I wouldn't do myself." As a young officer, Simpson served the usual tours of duty- Mexican border, Texas, the Philippines. He fought in World War I, was awarded the D.S.M., the Sil ver Star, the French Legion of Honor and the Croix de guerre. In 1925 he was graduated with distinction from the Command and General Staff School. In 1938 he was appointed the War College's chief of G-2 (Intelligence). In 1942 he commanded the XII Corps, the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Right & Ripe | 2/19/1945 | See Source »

...plan provides for an inter-House debating council of eight men, who are to arrange 16 debates between the Houses this semester. At the end of the semester the team which has won the most decisions will be awarded a sil ver trophy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTER-HOUSE DEBATING COMPLETELY CHANGED | 10/10/1939 | See Source »

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