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Died. Leonard P. Ayres, 67, economic analyst and topnotch statistician, one of the few to call the turn on the 1929 crash, whose monthly bulletins and annual forecasts gave him great prestige among big and little businessmen, and whose statistical job for the U.S. Army and War Department in two wars brought him the rank of brigadier general; of a heart attack; in Cleveland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 11, 1946 | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

...first 143 who entered in 1849, only .17 were graduated. Today City College, with 27,000 students, † has proportionately fewer casualties but still rates as a college with exacting entrance exams and high academic standards. Its engineering and business courses are topnotch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Subway College | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

Brief Encounter. Topnotch British-made tearjerker, expanded from a Noel Coward playlet (TIME, Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Oct. 14, 1946 | 10/14/1946 | See Source »

...trouble to himself, his employers, his family, his chums and his ladyfriends. As played by Actor Harrison and manipulated by writers-directors-producers Frank Launder and Sydney Gilliat (one of Mr. Rank's brighter young production teams), the rake's fast, downhill progress is topnotch fun with a pleasant British accent. The fun holds up, and so does the picture, until all the actors suddenly wipe the smiles off their faces at the end and admit that carefree living doesn't really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 30, 1946 | 9/30/1946 | See Source »

Time is growing short for soccer coach James "Mac" MacDonald who sends his free swinging charges into action against WPI Friday. If trends of the times are any indication, the Crimson will field a topnotch squad for that opening clash despite the fact that MacDonald hasn't yet had a chance to instruct his boys in the art of guiding a hard, round ball through enemy goal posts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soccer | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

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