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Four more shopping days 'til Christmas--and no present yet for Aunt Edna, eh? It's always the same: she can't read, hates fresh fruit, and thinks scent is sinful. You gave her a cut-glass rose vase last year and a hand-painted four-in-hand the year before. Well, how about a record for once? We've heard 'em all. Come closer; listen closely...

Author: By Anthony Hiss, | Title: Old 'Crimson's' Guide to Christmas Cheer | 12/20/1961 | See Source »

...just as anxious to find out as you are," Yovicsin replied, adding, "Wait 'til the first game--we'll have a pretty good idea after that." The waiting is over; today is the day. At long last, Crimson fans will have a chance to observe the hard-hit Harvard eleven, already famous for its pre-season miseries and disappointments. Kickoff time is 2 p.m. in the Stadium, as Lehigh provides the first opposition in Harvard's 88th season...

Author: By James R. Ullyot, | Title: Varsity Football Team Faces Lehigh In Opening Contest of 1961 Season | 9/30/1961 | See Source »

...poisoned atmosphere of the current session, the task seems impossible. Yet the U.N. must feel, as Hammarskjold did in a meditative mood several crises ago, when he quoted Shelley: that one should "hope 'til hope creates from its own wreck the thing it contemplates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dag Hammarskjold | 9/27/1961 | See Source »

Still he did not know of the attack un til he heard the first bombs fall at 0755 hours on the morning of the 7th. "I thought it probably a maneuver, but rose and switched on the shortwave" to get the 8 o'clock news from Radio Tokyo. Twice during the weather forecast, the announcer reported "East wind, rain." That was the code signal indicating an attack against U.S. territory.* Yoshikawa immediately began burning his code books and other intelligence materials. When Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrived that day to pick him up for eventual repatriation, the only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORICAL NOTES: Remember Pearl Harbor | 12/12/1960 | See Source »

Facile, she would rassle late 'Til...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMEDIANS: The Meter Man | 6/6/1960 | See Source »

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