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Dates: during 1940-1949
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During the months ahead Walter P. Reuther the effective political figure will need his new-found ability to win and influence people not on the production line. His role will be worth watching in Election Year, 1948. The "independent" voters within trade unions and without, who were formerly solid behind the Roosevelt symbol, currently divide into two camps of confused citizens sharing only restlessness and concern. Some intend to back Wallace to register a squawk; others may dislike Truman policies but will support him or, in greater likelihood, work for a better Democratic nominee, in the belief that a protest...

Author: By Selig S. Harrison, | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 3/26/1948 | See Source »

Pneumatic drills are hammering at the foundation of Widener, as the Fuller Construction Company rushes completion of the Lamont-Widener book tunnel. The library, boasting solid concrete walls five thick, has been under fire for three weeks and is expected to hold out until vacation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Drills Bore Holes in Widener For Book Tunnel to Lamont | 3/25/1948 | See Source »

...twenty-man entourage has a gruelling schedule cut out for it. A solid day of travelling will find the team in Baltimore, where it meets Johns Hopkins on Monday. From then on, it's one game a day for six days, until Sunday, when it reembarks for Cambridge. After its opener come contests with the University of Maryland, George Washington University of Delaware, Villanova, and Temple, in close order...

Author: By Albert J. Feldman, | Title: Rough Diamond | 3/25/1948 | See Source »

...ovatorio is a small work of Handel, but exceptionally lovely, especially in its word-coloration effects. That it did come through to the audience was a tribute to the finesse vocally and in diction of the combined choruses, the solid if unexciting virtues of bass soloist Paul Tibbetts, and the brilliant singing of Soprano Adele Addison...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral | 3/24/1948 | See Source »

Last week, Technicolor, Inc. proudly announced that the old magic was finally working for it too. In its annual report, the company reported record net profits of $1,422,752 in 1947, more than three times those of 1946. What was even better, Technicolor was booked up solid for at least a year, even though it is expanding production...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Fast Color | 3/22/1948 | See Source »

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