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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...compels me to plague you for a reply." He was ready to be Anne's alone, "casting off all others." Though he could never forget that he was King, and usually wrote with royal restraint, sometimes, during separations, he wrote her as warmly as any other 16th Century swain, e.g., ". . . Wishing myself (especially of an evening) in my sweetheart's arms, whose pretty duckies I trust shortly to kiss . . ." The real trouble with Henry as a writer of love letters: his emotions always turned out to be so unstable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dear Anne Boleyn ... | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

Assisting Seaver in the HDC production are Robert S. Swain '50, production co-ordinator, Kenneth L. Everett '52, business manager, and Robert M. Cipes '50, publicity director...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HDC Picks 'Antigone' As Latest Production; Seaver Directs Play | 11/9/1949 | See Source »

From Berlin, a TIME Corespondent cabled: "Like a swain who cannot bring himself to forget the girl who jilted him, the Russians are still unable to abandon completely the idea of blockading Berlin. Theoretically, rail, road and water traffic between West Germany and Berlin have been open for two months. In fact, hardly a week has gone by since the formal lifting of the blockade without Russian chicanery arbitrarily disrupting services somewhere along the line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: The Reluctant Swam | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

Miller and Robert C. Seaver '50 are serving as co-producers and directors of the play. Designer Robert Fletcher '49, production manager Emory H. Niles, Jr. '49, and construction manager Robert Swain '51 have started work on the production...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Woolley Will Open in HDC Play April 13 | 2/12/1949 | See Source »

Sever will take office immediately, but Swain will not join the board until February 1, following the graduation of Paul I. Sparor '47, present board member. The remainder of the present slate of officers will serve until June...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HDC Names Two Officers, 13 Men | 1/11/1949 | See Source »

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