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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Seek a Protector." Inside the camps in Russia's "classless" society, a strict class system developed. At the bottom were dokhodyagi, "persons who had lost resemblance to the human form ..." Next came the rabotyagi, "who had not yet lost their strength," the urki (criminals), finally the predurki, the camp aristocrats who worked in the administration. Though "sexual intercourse ... is a punishable offense, the conditions of life give a woman no choice but to seek a protector among the camp aristocracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Bill of Particulars | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

Princeton tied Navy two weeks ago and this attests to its strength more than anything else. The Middies, winners of 50 straight matches, undefeated and untied for seven years, were hard-pressed to gain a 14-14 deadlock...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Princeton's Juggernaut Sweeps Onto Blockhouse Mats Today | 2/26/1949 | See Source »

...visitors' strength lies, mainly in the lightweight brackets. Dave McAlpin, for instance, who faces Joe Kozol at 121, has pinned in his last two outings...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Princeton's Juggernaut Sweeps Onto Blockhouse Mats Today | 2/26/1949 | See Source »

These are the leading arguments in the debate. Because of an amazingly uninformed and usually prejudiced public opinion, final decision will depend on which side can muster the most political strength...

Author: By Edward J. Sack, | Title: Tideland Oil | 2/25/1949 | See Source »

Penn also took the diving to run up four first places in the evening's meet. It was in the second place division that Ulen's team showed its depth, and with this reserve strength the Blockhouse outfit gained its sixth win of the season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimmers Dunk Quakers in 42-33 Meet at Philadelphia | 2/23/1949 | See Source »

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