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...Americans sure are funny people," said one of the workmen. "They'll cut each other's throat for a nickel, but when one of them gets in trouble, they'll sure get out and swamp for him." No one thought of pay. "I haven't heard the word mentioned," growled Raymond Hill, the city engineer who directed the operations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: The Lost Child | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

Yacht Club men took advantage of rough seas yesterday afternoon to swamp the Marblehead Yacht Club, 172-153. The two clubs were tied at the end of four races, 110 all, but in the final two heals the Crimson's skill in high winds paid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Rides Waves To Beat Marblehead | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

Thirsty Sudd. Below Lake Albert lies the Sudd, a vast swamp choked with papyrus and other tall grasses. The White Nile seeps slowly through this tangle, and loses nearly half its water in the process. Engineers plan to cut a canal 186 miles long, to bypass the water-stealing Sudd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Harness for the Nile | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

Harvard, vintage 1775, will interest viewers. While the gawkers will recognize Massachusetts or Hollis halls, they will be surprised to see apple orchards covering the regions of Sever and Lamont. Boylston st., which football crowds follow to the Stadium, is nothing but a stone causeway across a swamp. The land under Dunster House is a dock for boats, and a pond lies behind Billings & Stover's present location...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Harvard--1775" To Go On Display This Spring | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

Applications for admission by students only mildly interested in entering the medical profession would probably swamp the medical school under such a plan, Burwell pointed out. Nor would the Committee on Admissions know enough about students in their early years of college to grant even conditional admissions, he added. Worst of all, Burwell said, the character of the profession may be harmed by men who enter it motivated primarily by a desire to avoid the draft...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Medical School Refuses Plan To Defer Pre-Med Students | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

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