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Arriving at Havana about the middle of January, the Atlantis will take aboard the Cuban party and sail westward. It is planned to encircle Cuba, spending the greater part of the available time where the best fishing lies, probably along the southern coast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: William Schroeder Will Head Research Trip to Havana for Fish Collecting | 12/2/1937 | See Source »

...such facts as that in 1914 the peacetime armies of Belgium and Germany were respectively 42,000 and 870,000, whereas in case of war next year the figures would be 84,000 and 550,000 at best estimates. Brussels, however, does not consider that Germany will next fight westward toward Belgium and France, but instead eastward if at all, and His Majesty is known to anticipate no such war for at least another two years. The new Belgian foreign policy keynotes "Independence!" and by this the Government and King mean, and have given Belgium's solemn assurance, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: State Visit | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

...country. It is frequently played under a hot sun, while spectators sit in shirt sleeves eating ice cream, and players go onto the field barelegged, but the quality of Southern football wins respect from coast to coast. For, as a century ago the course of empire took its way Westward, the course of football now takes its way Southward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Frenzy in Atlanta | 10/25/1937 | See Source »

Next Friday evening Bruce C. Hopper '24, associate professor of Government, will speak on "Russia Looks Westward." On November 12 the speaker will be Payson S. Wild, assistant professor of Government. His topic has not yet been announced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FAIRBANK TALK OPENS '41 FRIDAY DISCUSSIONS | 10/22/1937 | See Source »

...conclusions," says Mr. Fawcett's "pocketbook of knowledge," "is all right if you have a solid base from which to jump. . . . Photo-Facts supplies a good firm groundwork of useful information from which to 'jump' accurately." Photo-Facts considered useful such stories as "White Man Westward" (Lewis & Clark), "Termite Menace," "Poe's Great Balloon Hoax," "Football From Pagan Rites." Added fillip was its "Newsstand University" section in which Dale Carnegie again bobbed up, this time with "Putting Yourself Across": typical Carnegie tip: "Do not fuss with your necktie or clothes-be always neatly dressed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Funk & Fawcett | 10/18/1937 | See Source »

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