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...went on appointed rounds, each with a Dartmouth guide, causal but friendly, in tow. At the Green Key president's room our guide left us, muttering that Dartmouth kept one awfully busy, and that he had to rush off to there big meeting before the Big Bonfire...

Author: By Mary ELLON Reinert, | Title: A Sinister Plot | 10/24/1953 | See Source »

Manuel J. Ponte '54, who emigrated with his peasant parents from Portugal in 1946 and has been a citizen for less than tow years, is currently campaigning for one of the nine seats on the Cambridge City Council. Ponte tells of many compelling reasons which decided him on seeking political office...

Author: By William M. Beecher, | Title: Grass Roots Democracy | 10/7/1953 | See Source »

...first death came the first day. A young soldier, doing his stint in the water to "lessen the rigors of overcrowding," was stung by a sea creature and died in agony. That night, the first man went insane. The next day, 20 men built a raft of flotsam to tow behind the boat. All 20 climbed aboard. The raft sank slowly until they were half under water. In three days' time, all were dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Art of Not Dying | 9/21/1953 | See Source »

...this film, Producer Stephen Bosus-tow, 42, has proved his point that "the animated film can be used for drama and melodrama as well as for humor, childish romance, pratfalls and 'hurt' gags." Canadian-born Steve Bosustow founded United Productions of America seven years ago after being fired by Walt Disney. In his own company, he operates without time clocks and gives credit where credit is due. Director Ted Parmelee and Art Designer Paul Julian get most of the bows for The Tell Tale Heart, just as other U.P.A. production teams are accorded credit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: 7 Minutes With a Madman | 9/14/1953 | See Source »

...course races. The committee decided on a 62-mile triangular route. Into his French-built Air 102 glider stepped a foreign contestant, France's youngish (25) Gerard Pierre. As he checked his instrument panel, ground crewmen raised his single-wheeled craft's grounded wingtip and clamped a tow cable to its fuselage. Nearly a half-mile downwind, a 115 h.p. winch roared up and began to reel in the long steel cable, slowly at first, finally at a screaming speed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: New Wings | 8/17/1953 | See Source »

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