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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tideland oil fight currently raging in the Capitol has become a gigantic political card game. The deck includes the biggest lobbies in Congressional history, divergent social philosophies, charges of thievery and corruption, and numerous side issues. the stakes are oil, currently the nation's most important natural resource. Peacetime use of oil has steadily increased, creating an unexpected and unfilled post-war demand, and its wartime value has made the possession of large oil reserves a modern prerequisite of modern warfare...

Author: By Edward J. Sack, | Title: Brass Tacks | 2/23/1949 | See Source »

According to Brynteson, Dean Bender has approved the poll as a fair way of questioning the College and has indicated that the Administration will use its findings in determining policy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Polls College on Dining Hall Food Today | 2/23/1949 | See Source »

...year, is called The Hint of an Explanation and deals briefly with the same theological theme as The Heart of the Matter. Besides these, there is a fragment of a novel written in 1936 (he gave it up, wisely, to write Brighton Rock), in which the author intended to use the West African locale later picked as the scene of The Heart of the Matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Black Squares & White | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

Research on a method of training polio victims to use healthy muscles to do the job of paralyzed muscles will also receive March of Dimes support. Dr. Derek E. Denny-Brown., James Jackson Putnam Professor of Neurology, who is perfecting the scheme, points out that even the simplest actions are performed by a "team" of muscles. He feels that these teams can be taught to function even when polio cripples some of the member muscles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: $40,000 Goes To University Polio Studies | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

Four pool tables and one billiard table will be ready for use in the Union at 1 p.m. today, Bill Reeb, Union secretary, announced last night. These cultural acquisitions will be available for freshman use every day from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Billiard Sharks To Take Cue Today | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

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