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...Emergency Reconstruction Program, as endorsed by Secretary of State Marshall, calls for interim aid to pull France, Italy and Austria through the winter, and a long-term subsidization of the sixteen nations in western Europe. Spread over a periods of four years, the ERP intends to thwart Russian expansion through a rebirth of European industry and by fostering confidence in democratic forms of government. Although U. S. loans will provide the necessary funds, the actual burden of economic recovery rests with each individual nation. Those countries receiving American aid must insure their recovery by stringent budget supervision, a complete stabilization...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Belligerent Boomerang | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

...Sixteen Negroes and Whites put their lives in jeopardy this summer to take a trip through the Southland testing the effectiveness of the Supreme Court's ban on Jim Crow interstate travel. Their story of arrests and consistent fear of the lynch mob will be told to the College tonight at 8 o'clock by Nathan Wright, a Negro member of the tour, in Reed Hall of the Episcopal Seminary on Brattle Street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tester of Supreme Court Ruling on Jim Crow Will Speak Here Tonight | 11/12/1947 | See Source »

...Sixteen members of the Harvard Liberal Union walked out last night rather than sign a pledge disavowing communism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Anti-Communist Pledge Provokes Split in HLU | 10/31/1947 | See Source »

Esther Williams may not be sixteen--she didn't mention her age--but she still hasn't been kissed, at least not by Harvard footballer Jack Guidera...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Timid Gridman Leaves Puckered-up Star Unrequited on Orpheum Stage | 10/29/1947 | See Source »

...four: That's My Desire (1931), Peg O' My Heart (1913), I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1909), When You Were Sweet Sixteen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Old Corn Is Best | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

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