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...project of a "United States of Indonesia," with probable dominion status under the Dutch crown. Last week the Dutch still insisted that every jot & tittle of the proposed agreement must be in place before they transferred sovereignty to the Indonesians ; the impatient islanders wanted sovereignty first, and to tuck in the loose ends later. The most hopeful aspect of the conference was that both sides knew they could not get what they wanted by force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONFERENCES: Try, Try Again | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

Helping Hands. In Atlanta, unable to tuck in his shirttail because his arm was in a cast, Ralph Adams asked a boy to help him, later discovered that his wallet with $13 was missing. In Denver, Bus Driver Otis C. Trueblood left his bus to help a blind passenger across the street, returned to find that three other passengers had left with his change container...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 5, 1949 | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

...Tuck. This time it was the Dewey leaders who were trying to fight somebody with nobody: Committeeman Axel J. Beck of Elk Point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Change of Command | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

...tuck all the way. With all 48 states accounted for, Gabrielson and Beck were locked solid 45 votes to 45. Alaska's one vote put Beck ahead. Then Gabrielson went into the lead with two votes each from the District of Columbia, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Before the final vote was announced, one Nebraska committeeman switched his vote to give Gabrielson a bare majority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Change of Command | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

...Biology concentrator is wise to tuck away as many of the basic courses as possible in his first two years, since almost all of the advanced courses are bound by chains of prerequisites...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Guide to Fields of Concentration | 4/22/1949 | See Source »

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