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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Simplicity and success have not been characteristic of the gigantic corporation until recently, however. Too rapid expansion and ill-health, partially caused by over-work, have caused founder Kitfield not only to discontinue the sale of coffee, hot cocoa, and ham and cheese sandwiches but even to retire from college for the rest of the year. He sold out to buddy Clark...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Milk-Doughnut Tycoon Clark Is Self-Made Man | 12/11/1947 | See Source »

Radcliffe's Idler has turned to the Eighteenth Century and Isaac Bickerstaffe's ballad opera for its latest offering, and has gathered enough musical talent from the Choral Society and the Glee Club to make possible a production which, if not a complete success, surmounts considerable production weakness to charm its audience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 12/11/1947 | See Source »

...Crimson, coach Johnny Chase will use the same six starters that upset Boston College a week ago. The success of the first two games may be traced to the general skating improvement of the entire squad, and particularly of defensemen Dick Greeley and Steve Washburn. Greeley is a returning regular and Washburn has come up from last winter's Jayvees...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Sextet Seeks Third Win In B.U. Tussle Tonight | 12/10/1947 | See Source »

...though oft-repeated is the tale, the success stories which have waded through the snags of time are often refreshing, and such is the case of varsity swimmer Forbes H. Norris...

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: Egg In Your Beer | 12/9/1947 | See Source »

...these distant dangers are less fearsome to Italian businessmen than the current dangers of uncontrolled inflation. And the first results have been enough to give them hope that Italy-if provided with U.S. raw materials-may finally have a program that will cure her sick economy. The final success of the program will depend on the skill with which the De Gasperi government can combat the rule-or-ruin tactics of the Communists (see FOREIGN NEWS). But the program's first success last week was measured by the energy, bordering on fury, with which the Communists were trying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN EXCHANGE: Bold Gamble | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

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