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Harvard was hazard put to beat Dartmouth, but behind the steady pitching of end Ingalls and a good relief job by Tom Healey, the Cantabs did-in a game of twenty-runs, eleven errors, thirteen stolen bases and twenty-four hits, of which Harvard made thirteen for seventeen bases. And when hither to victoryless Pennsylvania rose up and smacked Yale, 5 to 4, in eleven innings, first extra-frame contest in the league this season, the Cantab road to the 1938 title was made a little easier...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Batsmen Strengthen League Lead by Defeating Green Invaders | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

...races were held over a triangular mile-long course starting from the Technology sailing pavilion. Thirteen foot dinghies, specially built for Tech three years ago, were used. Racing is open to all members of the College, and the Club's officers are planning a membership drive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YACHT CLUB SKIPPERS STAGE FIRST REGATTA | 4/22/1938 | See Source »

...amused by the U. S. silver embargo. Seriously he proclaimed to his people: "We must draw together to meet an unexpected problem." Mexico is the world's biggest silver producer and its silver mines are even more important to its domestic economy than its oil fields. Thirteen percent of the Government's revenues have come from the silver industry. Silver is a major factor in its currency and in its foreign exchange. And if Mexico tries to dump its silver directly on the world market, Secretary Morgenthau can simply pull his plug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Silver-Dollar Diplomacy | 4/4/1938 | See Source »

...battle cry which the C. I. 0. chief raised last week. "Hundreds of thousands of the people of this nation have for years on years been exploited, oppressed and denied the exercise of those rights guaranteed to them under our Constitution. . . . They have been little more than industrial serfs. . . . Thirteen million Americans are now unemployed. Their numbers are steadily increasing, as the nation drifts with terrifying and deadly sureness to the never, never realm of financial bankruptcy, economic collapse and human tragedy. This is appallingly true, despite the fact that Government has dipped into the public purse to make possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Whither Lewis? | 3/28/1938 | See Source »

Factors which particularly interest him in the Rhine experiments are: 1) Very marked ESP capacity among children between four and thirteen 2) evidence of marked ability among various handicapped groups, notably the blind, and 3) evidence for high-scoring capacities among some psychotic groups at institutions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GARDNER MURPHY HITS TELEPATHY SCEPTICS | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

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