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Said Michael J. Sullivan, councilman and counsellor to the good people of Cambridge, "I understand Harvard has been here quite a while--over 300 years in fact. Technology people are still children in Cambridge. We'll wait till they grow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Techmen Want to Rechristen Their Harvard Bridge; Cambridge Solon Wonders if M.I.T. Is Here to Stay | 10/29/1946 | See Source »

...Madison, making his second appearance on the silver screen in "Till the End of Time," makes great use of the same three qualities that have already endeared him to the bobbysox brigade: a great shock of blond hair, a habit of grinning upward from beneath the shock, and his sensible decision not to complicate his art with the unmanly, finer points of acting. Dorothy McGuire, who is east as Pat, Guy's galfriend, although female and fetching, apparently can't get used to the thought of not being Clandia and has trouble groping her misty-eyed way through this picture...

Author: By D. G. G., | Title: The Moviegoer | 10/29/1946 | See Source »

...Till the End of Time" might have become a very good picture--that is, if Hollywood hadn't added the proverbial measure of corn. The result is a maudlin bit of bathos that pulls every trick in the book to get its sentimental effects and the tearful silver of every dowager in the nation from Long Branch, N. J., to Grass Valley, Cal. Mitchum, who turned in a fine performance as the infantry captain in "The Story of G.I. Joe," handles his role capably, as does William Gargan, who is cast as a Marine Rehabilitation NCO. The picture also deals...

Author: By D. G. G., | Title: The Moviegoer | 10/29/1946 | See Source »

...there was no falling off in east-to-west transatlantic travel. The backlog in Britain of Pan American and American Overseas Airlines is so.big that passengers without influence cannot book a seat for New York till the end of next February. The jam on British airlines is equally great. When passengers are bumped off planes, they frequently squat in British air terminals for days & nights until they get a plane seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Ceiling: Below Zero | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

...Retailers already had on hand hundreds of thousands of fall and winter garments mistakenly and illegally made in disregard of L-85. Now retailers, who had faced losses in the millions, could sell the clothing. But the full effects of the freeing of materials would probably not be seen till spring clothes go on sale (manufacture of them began this month). For the first time in four years, skirts could be as wide and dresses as frilly as designers-and women-wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHIONS: Line Abandoned | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

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