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...Musical Arts Association operating the Cleveland Orchestra. He states : 'I have rarely seen as fine an exhibit anywhere and I am confident that your efforts will aid greatly in bringing about a greater popular appeal for fine music.' " To date, some participating department stores are making further use of TIME for Music by passing it on to music classes in the public schools. Teachers have also written us to ask whether they could have the display for their own music students, and sets of the 24 quotations (with answers) are available to anyone interested in having them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 3, 1947 | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

Under the pressure of rising prices, real prosperity could not last. But, said Mr. Truman hopefully: "We can prevent further loss, and can even go on to new gains, if we use our economic strength wisely. . . ." Then he asked for $642 million in emergency funds for France and Italy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: He Told Us | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

Thanks just the same, girls; but it's no use. Even without our glasses, we can see the handwriting. We can still feel the wound of two years back when one of our boys sold for fifty cents and an uneducated bulldog sold for six dollars. Twice we have entered the arena, filled with boyish selfconfidence. Twice, in the true spirit of free enterprise, we have backed our product in the open market. And twice we have had to retreat to the lofty protection of our ivied walls, thoroughly whipped, quaking neurotically...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bitter Pill | 11/1/1947 | See Source »

...real problem is classrooms that just don't have enough seats, says the assistant registrar. Harvard men cannot be assigned the movable chairs, as these have no numbers. The girls may think it makes them displaced persons, but if they want to sit down, they will have to use the chairs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Monitors Ordered to 'Spread Girls Around' in Classrooms | 11/1/1947 | See Source »

Walter Camp was the first to work out a series of signals for when the ball was hiked back. Numbers had not yet come into use, but short sentences were employed instead...

Author: By Morman S. Poser, | Title: Football in '80s Wild and Woolly, Featuring Pulled Whiskers, Flying Wedge, Fancy Kicking | 10/31/1947 | See Source »

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