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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Your Article on Marshal Rokossovsky, who has taken over the Polish Army "as a Pole" [TiME, Nov. 21], reminds me of the story about the Polish peasant woman whose son has just rushed home with the good news that their farm is no longer in Poland but is now a part of Russia. "Thank Heaven," said the old lady, "I don't think I could have lived through another Polish winter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 5, 1949 | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

...corner on the left side of the road, had a head-on collision, and was forced to make a "gentleman's agreement" with the Registrar of Motor Vehicles never to do his own driving again, because "it wasn't fitting for a Harvard President to have his license taken away...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: President Lowell's Buick Phaeton Has Its Third Undergraduate Owner | 12/3/1949 | See Source »

...Whether steps should be taken to encourage alumni to ferret out high-school stars and interest them in Harvard, and whether alumni should give athletic scholarships...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Give Grid Opinion In Poll Today | 12/1/1949 | See Source »

...second prize picture by Levy was an action shot taken at the first Dartmouth hockey game in the Boston Arena last year. Zoitlin's third prize photograph showed a Harvard diver doing a backward somersault...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Photo Wins 1st Prize | 11/30/1949 | See Source »

...Dean pointed out that this is the first time there has ever been an accident on the range, since proper precautions have always been taken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Zilahy Death Was Accident, Police Probe Indicates | 11/30/1949 | See Source »

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