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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...builder's and airconditioner's art." The gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. '29, the Library owes much of its up-to-dateness to the efforts of the director, Professor William A. Jackson. There are ticking devices that look like seismographs to keep tabs on the temperature and humidity, ultra-violet equipment and a comparison microscope for scrutinizing documents, and microfilm scope for scrutinizing documents, and microfilm viewers in the reading room for use with the Library's 1000 microfilms...

Author: By Maxwell E. Foster jr., | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

...parliamentary procedure and the validity of the contract. In protest, Opposition-leader Schumacher called Adenauer "Chancellor of the Allies," and was suspended from the House. Fortunately his party did not follow him, though its members share his belief that Adenauer has lost his independence and is dominated by ultra-conservative industrialist. They accuse him of accepting commercial and financial agreements with France in place of a genuine understanding between the two peoples...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fourth Reich? | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

Next time, around, Autry lets loose with a fairly heterogeneous collection of songs. From his familiar theme, he goes through "Someday," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Room Full of Roses," and "Ghost Riders in the Sky." In the last-named number, the arena is darkened, ultra-violent rays beam down on Gene's fluorescent shirt, and a herd of cattle parades across the floor...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: THE RODEO | 11/2/1949 | See Source »

...formed a beer mug, and then emptied it. The Crimson promptly raised the problem of liquor consumption to a more sophisticated level by popping the cork from a huge bottle of champagne and pouring the sparkling liquid into an awaiting cup. They finished off the whole affair with an ultra-polite...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Band Skill Gives Harvard Rooters Weekend Victory | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

...students did not always look typical, but wherever they went, they created a minor whirl. Some of them tangled with the ultra-polite. London Bobbies who had to remind them that British traffic really did run on the left-hand side of the road. Some penetrated the iron curtain and became small international incidents before AMG authorities got them released from jail...

Author: By Maxwell E. Foster jr., | Title: Thousands of US Students Migrate To Europe for Summer Study, Play | 10/13/1949 | See Source »

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