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Vargas went wild in the final quarter, singlehandedly making mincemeat out of the enemy defense to score two more goals. The international duo of Ahmed Yehia (Rolle, Switz.) and Lutz Hoeppner (Bombay, India) combined for the sixth and final Harvard goal. Yehia, the starting-center forward, drilled a pass to his right, and Hoeppner was there to get it, and kick a twenty-footer past the goalie...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soccer Forwards Come to Life In 6-2 Victory Over Wesleyan | 10/5/1967 | See Source »

CountryDollar Value Austria (shillings) 25.83 Belgium (francs) 50.00 Czech, (crowns) 50.00 Denmark (kroner) 6.89 France (francs) 350.00 Italy (lira) 624.00 Germany (marks) 4.20 Holland (guilders) 3.84 Norway (kroner) 7.11 Sweden (kroner) 5.16 Switz. (francs) 4.32 Sterling England (pound) $2.80 Ireland (pound) $2.80 Scotland (pound...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.S. Dollar Values | 5/6/1950 | See Source »

...never was, a Communist," declared Gordon Switz. "I was interested in the Soviet experiment as an idealist. My first contacts with the Soviet spy organization were in New York and in Washington. They saw how keen I was and arranged for me to go to Moscow in the guise of an aviation instructor. When I returned to America I met my wife, Marjory Tilley. She was a student at Vassar. She was only 19. We got married and she agreed to come to Europe and help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Idealist on Bloodsuckers | 4/29/1935 | See Source »

...practically nothing.* At first I tried to reform them. I still burned with ideals. When Marjory and I were arrested we realized that by telling everything we would be ridding Moscow of men who were nothing but bloodsuckers." Aided by the French Sûreté, peaching Mr. & Mrs. Switz this week "disappeared," the Sûreté advising them that unless they lie extremely low some of Moscow's disillusioned spies will murderously shut them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Idealist on Bloodsuckers | 4/29/1935 | See Source »

...Marjory Tilley Switz was revealed at the trial to have received 90,000 francs ($5,900), thus ending reports that she "spied for pure excitement and thrill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Idealist on Bloodsuckers | 4/29/1935 | See Source »

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