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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thin, dark-eyed Isaac Allal was the child of a poor tailor in the squalid Tunisian village of La Marsa; he grew up with the pale face and the weak lungs of a ghetto child. Then one day last month a glorious vista opened for him. Relief officials told the Allals that Isaac could go to a convalescent camp in Norway, and from there to Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORWAY: A Trip to School | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

...freshman basketball team, operating this year under a new coach, Floyd Wilson, outdistanced a weak Tufts '53 squad Saturday night at the Indoor Athletic Building to win their first game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '53 Quintet Easily Sets Down Tufts In Opener, 60-36 | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

...American non-recognition of China as "good propaganda material" is a misconceived idea, for not only does the U.S. recognize many governments other than those "of whose politics it approves," but non-recognition in 1949 also by no means precludes recognition in 1950 or after, hence would make very weak propaganda material indeed. Oliver...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foothold in China | 12/3/1949 | See Source »

Once again we are back to the problems of weak personnel. Most good football players just don't go to Harvard...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, Donald Carswell, and Bayard Hooper, S | Title: Harvard Football: Which Way Out? | 11/25/1949 | See Source »

...should the personnel be so weak? Harvard has as large a student body to draw from as most of its rivals. Its academic standards are substantially the same as those of Yale and Princeton. Its financial standing and academic position should rebound to Harvard's advantage...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, Donald Carswell, and Bayard Hooper, S | Title: Harvard Football: Which Way Out? | 11/25/1949 | See Source »

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