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...presence here as ammunition for the daily Voice of America broadcasts to Eastern Europe. In the case of Shostakovich, a few dreamers hoped for more sensational results: the New York musicians' union invited the submissive Soviet composer, who works hard to keep in tune with his masters, to unpack and let "his genius flower ... in the blessed air of freedom." No one could guess how Shostakovich really felt about the idea. By all the evidences he and the artistic high command in the Kremlin were singing in the same key again. Shostakovich had been allowed to leave the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Won't You Come In? | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

...Petition, presented to Dean Watson Friday afternoon at his office, declared it is "unfair to charge full room rental for a bed, a chair and a locker . . ." The students further declared that they had been unable to unpack and their trunks were stored in Straus Hall basement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Approves Rent Slashes for Gymdwellers | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

Backfield coach Forrest "Butch" Jordan and line coach Davy Jones have hardly had a chance to unpack their bags. They checked in from Ann Arbor Saturday afternoon at the Kirkland House suite they will share temporarily with their boss. As yet, no end coach has been signed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Valpey, Aides Launch Spring Practice Today | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

First stop on the University Band's spring term schedule will be the Boston Garden Tuesday night when the Crimson musicians unpack their instruments to encourage the Varsity basketeers in their 9:15 o'clock tilt with Dartmouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Band to Play at Garden Tilt | 2/7/1947 | See Source »

Monday dawned, and Moscow still said nothing of Earl Browder's whereabouts. Brooks Atkinson cabled to the New York Times: "He has had sufficient time to reach Moscow, unpack his bag, shave, take a bath. . . . This bureau's staff of efficient secretaries, couriers, chauffeurs and writers-in that order of relative importance -cannot locate Earl. Let us know if you hear anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: The Lost Weekend | 5/20/1946 | See Source »

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