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...years that André Stil, 31, a onetime schoolteacher, has been editing France's top Communist daily L'Humanité, he has proved his qualifications for the job. This year he won a Stalin Prize for the first volume of his novel Le Premier Choc (The First Blow), glorifying French stevedores who end up sabotaging U.S. military shipments to France under the Atlantic Pact. Last week Editor Stil was doing even better work for the party. On the eve of General Ridgway's arrival in Paris to take over NATO's command, he proclaimed mass demonstrations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Right to Incite | 6/9/1952 | See Source »

...first mile as Navy pulled alongside. It was finally lowered, but never could it build up more power than the Middies boat which measured off the same time. Finally the finish neared: Bill Rowe raised the stroke to a powerful 36 hole seemed to leave the Navy standing stil...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Crimson Oarsmen Sink Navy With Withering Final Sprint | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

...Broadbent '32, captain of last fall's soccer team, led his graduate aggregation to a 6-3 victory over the University team yesterday afternoon, thus winning the series for the graduates. Broadbent himself scored five goals, but up to the end of the third period the score was stil ltied. The graduates took the lead in the first period and never seemed to be seriously threatened by their opponents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Graduate Booters Win | 4/29/1932 | See Source »

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