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Finally, of course, comes Yale. The Elis have many returning veterans from the crew that scared the Crimson into setting an upstream record on the Thames in June, and in conformance with Coach Skip Walz's "beat 'em till they bleed and then beat'em for bleeding' philosophy, Yale has been working out all year. In December the Blue beat Penn, Princeton, and Cornell by more than a length over a 2,000-meter course at Miami...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Upstart Sophomores Dominate First Boat of Bolles' Crew | 3/18/1949 | See Source »

...Over the globe it owns more than 5,000 buildings (139 in Washington alone) and more than 1,000,000 motor vehicles, worth about $2 billion. Its records would fill six buildings the size of the Pentagon. Overlapping and duplication of effort abound. Example: a Columbia River salmon, swimming upstream to spawn, comes under the jurisdiction of twelve different federal agencies concerned with fish and wildlife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOARDS & BUREAUS: One Way to Save Money | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

PROGRESSIVE BUTTERFISH: Member of the croaker family. Changes shape unpredictably. Feeds on Black Sea caviar, apparently without knowing what he is eating. Travels upstream to lay eggs on public platforms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: HUNGRY FOR THE HOOK | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

Eliot Bridge, now being constructed 1000 feet upstream from Soldiers Field, will be ready for traffic in a year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Span to be Ready in a Year | 10/15/1948 | See Source »

...Oneonta there is a reservation. The Oneontas were one of the five nation tribes of the original Iroquois confederation. The Algonquins used to camp a few miles upstream. They played touch football with an Iroquois skull ever so often...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Skull Drills Slated In Post-Game Fray | 10/9/1948 | See Source »

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