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...mural, painted by Herbert Bayer, consists of a series of Inter-twining lines and is colored various shades of green. Two splotches of bright red complete the design. Walter Groplus, professor of Architecture and Chairman of Architects Collaborative, the group which designed the center, said the idea comes from sixteenth century French tapestries that depicted plant life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Society Seeks Name for Harkness Murals | 10/18/1950 | See Source »

...must have been seven or eight lengths behind the leaders at one time." A quarter-mile from home he hustled Battlefield out of the pack and set out to collar the leader, Greentree Stable's 13-to-1 Big Stretch, hard ridden by Ted Atkinson. With a sixteenth to go, it was still Big Stretch. Then Arcaro gave his colt a touch of the whip. As Battlefield slowly closed the gap, Eddie yelled to Atkinson. "Got you!" said Eddie, and he was right-by a nose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Got You! | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

...HAVEN, Oct, 6--A. Whitney Griswold officially became the sixteenth president of Yale at a simple ceremony yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A. W. Griswold Inaugurated As Sixteenth Yale President | 10/7/1950 | See Source »

Other members of the top ten were Oklahoma, Kentucky, Texas, Stanford, California, and Washington. Cornell ran sixteenth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Irish Lead 'Top Ten' | 10/4/1950 | See Source »

...full of run. Jockey Eddie Arcaro held the big bay off the pace until the field entered the backstretch, then let him move up on the outside. At the head of the stretch, All Blue* had the lead, but Hill Prince caught him with a rush in the last sixteenth. Hill Prince won by more than a length over All Blue, with Your Host third. Time for the mile and a quarter: a fast 2:01 1/5. The winner's purse, $60,050, brought Hill Prince's three-year-old earnings to $210,563, tops in his class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Full of Run | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

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