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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Point Prize. In Hot Springs, Va., meat-conscious officials of the 16th annual Bath County Horse Show decided that the grand prize this season would be a steer instead of a pony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 30, 1943 | 8/30/1943 | See Source »

When Sir Walter arrived in Moscow last week the papers called him "Tovarish." Theatergoers stood up to cheer when they saw Trade Union Chief Shvernik steer him into a box to watch a performance of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Tovarish Sir Walter | 7/5/1943 | See Source »

...controversial $106,000,000 Shipshaw development in the hinterlands of Quebec (world's largest power dam, with the possible exception of Boulder), as a "scandalous exploitation of Canadian resources," made it a leading argument for public ownership, a vital campaign issue in the next election. To steer clear of interference with the war program, CCF tempered its resolution to read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: The Power Issue | 7/5/1943 | See Source »

Frontier Life. In Mankota, Sask., a steer in a cattle car poked a horn through the car's slats, caught up a switch lamp en route, baffled the engineer by swinging red and green signals all the way to Moose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 12, 1943 | 4/12/1943 | See Source »

...huge hotel: used umbrellas, 750 pairs of doormen's gloves, 742 cuspidors, red ties for bellboys (and electric tie pressers), wheelchairs and cribs, the flags of all nations, an elephant tusk. And there was Lot #3835: the stuffed head of Lucky Boy II, 4-H champion steer of 1941, which a Wilmette woodworker snapped up for $25 (he also paid $12,250 for the 14 ornate chandeliers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOTELS: Bowling Alleys & Bellboys' Ties | 3/29/1943 | See Source »

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