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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Such stunts may seem far-fetched to local spectators, but it's all part of the game in the far west, where rallies are often marked by monster bonfires, float parades, and all freshman men wearing pajamas. Stanford rooting sections are always solid white blocks, and very often some red marking outlines...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stanford Rooters May Wear Tails, Ties for Harvard | 1/21/1949 | See Source »

...half hour he gave legislators enough work for six solid months, reaffirmed every campaign promise. To Democrats who gave him scattered applause 30 times during the speech, to Republicans who listened in cold silence, he earnestly declared: "It is absolutely essential that your President have the complete cooperation of the Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Up Before the Sun | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

World-famed German Conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler was worried. Since war's end he had conducted orchestras in Britain and Switzerland, but the bid from Chicago was his first solid offer to conduct again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chill Wind in Chicago | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

...Solid Flesh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jan. 10, 1949 | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

...podium, the sedate English audience in Manchester's green-walled Albert Hall jumped to its feet, cheering like a football crowd. As he bowed time & again, Conductor John Barbirolli's black mane fell over his eyes and he had to push it back. After five minutes of solid ovation, he turned, with tears on his cheeks, to lead Manchester's Hallé Orchestra through the night's concert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Comeback in Manchester | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

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