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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were available for the children, who can stand just so much sightseeing and no more. Our only fiscal misadventure occurred in Paris, where I had to pay the hotel bill in a hurry to make the airport. It seemed rather steep, and I found later that they had inadvertently thrown in all the previous day's laundry bills for other tenants of the small hotel. The matter has since been adjusted. By the time we got to London the children's shoes were worn through and, shoe rationing having gone off for the first time in seven years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 25, 1948 | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

...Chaillot, representatives of six nations-Canada, China, Belgium, Argentina, Colombia and Syria-tried for over a week to work out a compromise on Berlin. (The press called them the "neutral nations," although they were all, as the Irish say, neutral against Russia.) The Russians still wanted the Berlin case thrown out of the U.N. Security Council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: The Piece of Paper | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

Dartmouth's big nope lies in its backs, for the last two weeks have produced a series of runs and passes which dazzled all comers. McLaughry found a finely cut gem in John Clayton, sophomore quarterback, who has thrown all of the Green's touchdown passes...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Crimson Eleven Confronts Dartmouth Today In 52nd Renewal of Ancient Gridiron Rivalry | 10/23/1948 | See Source »

Both Agassiz Theater and Agassiz living room will be thrown open Wednesday noon for the first all-college meeting of the term. Overflow crowds will be seated in the living room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Government Takes Air to Explain Mass Meeting | 10/21/1948 | See Source »

Three mules of varying sizes were on hand to represent the Army along with three Cadet riders. The long-earned creatures were apparently not up for the game. They were momentarily confused by the number of Harvard musicians vying for the spotlight, and thrown into a panic by a costumed gentleman from a local comic publication...

Author: By Don Carswell, | Title: Crimson Fans Inspect West Point, Depart | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

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