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...scene was London's solemnly hideous Albert Hall. For the observance of U.S. Thanksgiving Day, its dark Victorian interior was blanketed with American flags, and the flags of all 48 states. A portrait of Lincoln hung from the proscenium; a spotlight played on an American eagle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Greatest Power | 12/4/1944 | See Source »

...this reason the spotlight has shone hard and hot on Democratic Candidate Harry S. Truman, the junior Senator from Missouri. Anti-New Deal newspapers have examined the Truman record and background with the zeal of ballistics experts, the energy of crime reporters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: The Man from Missouri | 11/6/1944 | See Source »

...western front, where Allied spearheads had pierced the fatherland, the Germans fought in fierce gusts of frenzy, and with high military skill. The U.S. First Army held the spotlight on this front, as it widened and deepened its salient north of Aachen. The aim was for a breakthrough that would sweep the Germans back to the Rhine-but the pace was grinding and generally slow. For the time, at least, it was a painful battle of attrition. At several points west of the Rhine, the German counterattacks forced the Allies to back up, to grope for new footing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts, THE WAR: Last Chance before Winter | 10/16/1944 | See Source »

Moody has kept the famous pre-war Eagle T. formation in the spotlight, and it will set up most of the invaders' plays in the Stadium tomorrow. Ed Cronin is the quarterback who will make or break the system, following in the footsteps of such stars as Eddie Doherty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football-- | 10/6/1944 | See Source »

...McCabbe (Co. D) 2b; Momnie (Co. C) 3b; Craft (Co. C) ss; Collett (Co. C) lf; Green (Co. B) cf; McCleary (Co. B) rf; Boyce (Co. C) c; Wright (Co. C) p; Robb (Lowell) p; and Fleming (Co. B) p. At the same time, the intramural spotlight has turned to House football and the four teams which will form the intramural grid league this fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUNLAP SELECTS ALL-STAR NINE FROM HOUSE BASEBALL LEAGUE | 9/22/1944 | See Source »

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