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Though his patience was often tried to the breaking point, debonair, dignified District Judge Harold Medina let them go their long-winded way. But last week, with something of the air of a sleepless man shouting at 3 o'clock revelers, the judge finally called a halt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: Quiet, Please! | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

...guests were present, Chinese style for his countrymen. He was usually abed by 10 p.m. and he was sleeping soundly, he said. The only insomnia he could remember recently was last March, when the surprise election of General Li Tsung-jen to the vice presidency had made him somewhat sleepless. He had cured that by violating one of his Methodist principles: he had downed a little bit of whiskey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: You Shall Never Yield... | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...Valpey, who seemed destined to spend a lot of sleepless nights between now and next September trying to find a man to replace quarterback Bill Henry, won't have to worry--at least about that position...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Return of Henry Will Aid Football Picture Next Fall | 11/24/1948 | See Source »

After a week of dry runs and sleepless nights, the Los Angeles Times this week took the wraps off its tabloid Mirror (TIME, Aug. 16), the first new metropolitan newspaper in seven years.* It turned out to be a surprise package, typographically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Battle of Los Angeles | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...that's not the attitude at Baker Field. Somehow, the word has gotten around that "Harvard is loaded," and Columbia coach Lou Little will assure you that he spends sleepless nights worrying about such Crimson stars as Gannon, Moffie, Kenary, Drvaric, Houston, Rodis, Florentino, DiBlasio and Guthrle, who he feels could make Harvard tougher than Yale or Rutgers...

Author: By Sedgwick W. Green, | Title: Lou Little Weeps, But Lions Will Still Field a Strong Team Oct. 2 | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

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