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Seaboard's cellar door into the Middle East opened only after nearly two years of patient palaver in Afghanistan's moun tain capital of Kabul, in Geneva and in Berlin. Able diplomat in these negotiations was Charles Calmer Hart, oldtime Washington correspondent of the Portland Oregonian, U. S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Afghan Oil | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

One of the most engrossing charac- ters in the history of the college was Tutor Henry Flynt, who "tuted" for 56 years straight. It was the custom 200 years ago for the students to present their tutor with silverware, but Flynt amassed so much silver that his last graduating class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Morison Tells History of Harvard Yard to Freshmen | 11/24/1936 | See Source »

Both Charlie Kessler and Don Daugh- ters, who were on the injured list last week, are again fit and will probably see action early in the game. The alternate A backfield of Boston, Oakes, Stuart, and Struck are also expected to see first half contact.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON ELEVEN KEYED UP FOR NAVY BATTLE | 11/13/1936 | See Source »

Before the season's start in San Francisco some $200,000 from advance ticket sales had been taken in at the box office. Prices had been boosted to $6.60 top. Even so, there were still more customers than the opera house would hold. Again big names have done the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Curtains Up | 11/9/1936 | See Source »

¶ Visible only under a microscope is the smallest inscription in the world, 127 let ters of a verse from St. Luke, written by Ox Fibre Brush Co.'s president. Alfred McEwen of New York. Latest McEwen handiwork in the collection is 294 letters of the Lord's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Littlest Lot | 8/12/1935 | See Source »

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