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This afternoon the Crimson once again faces Dr. Eddie Anderson, the coach who handed them three successive defeats in 1933, '34, and '35. The '33 game was won by the powerful Crusader defense which prevented the tricky Harvard offense from working properly. Holy Cross dominated the play of the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Leads in Crusader Series | 11/4/1950 | See Source »

The tricky Reds infiltrated U.S. lines at night, or by day disguised as white-clad peasants, and shot up U.S. positions from the flank and rear. The Kum line could not be held. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division and the 25th Infantry Division arrived from Japan to help the battered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Was the War | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

Needed: Statesmanship. Since higher corporate taxes tend to build themselves into the permanent tax structure, many businessmen probably prefer an excess profits tax which would end with the emergency. But the emergency which the U.S. now faces, as Harvard's Sumner H. Slichter pointed out, may last for a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Unfair, Unsound & Popular | 10/2/1950 | See Source »

Dr. Westcott found that onions present a tricky problem because particles get stuck in the teeth and release volatile oils for hours afterwards. When his college girls took onion juice, which left no particles, chlorophyll greatly reduced the breath odor and sometimes abolished it. The only effective treatment for onion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Sweeter Smell | 7/31/1950 | See Source »

As allegory, The White Tower makes a molehill out of the mountain, but at face value, it is a superior adventure film, full of awesome scenery and the photogenic excitement of mountain climbing. Against backdrops of fog, a blizzard and glaring snowscapes, Director Ted (The Window) Teztlaff skillfully conveys not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 17, 1950 | 7/17/1950 | See Source »

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