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...began at seven. Senator Robert Alphonso Taft got up and faced the day. At breakfast he ate one egg, as usual. Then he picked up his large briefcase, climbed into his car and drove through Georgetown, over Rock Creek, through the nasty, wet snow to his office in the Senate building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Age of Taft | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

General Marshall himself arrived at 10 minutes before 8. On a cold concrete apron, wet with melted snow, a cluster of photographers and dignitaries were waiting. Among the latter were Ambassador Stuart, Premier T. V. Soong, Chief of Staff Chen Cheng, Communications Minister Yu Ta-wei, Foreign Minister Wang Shih-chieh, General G. Q. Huang, Communist spokesman Wang Ping-nan. It was all very casual and informal-no ropes, no visible guards; everyone intermingled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Goodbye | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

...Wet, soft ice from yesterday's early morning heat wave forced the Yardling Hockey team to cancel its scheduled game with Framingham. The match has been reslated for this afternoon depending on the weather...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Melted Ice Postpones Hockey Game with Framingham Frosh | 1/9/1947 | See Source »

With this as their only showing in actual competition, and with no practice before the meet or since, the team will be holding a wet finger weather-ward in hope for a chance to get in some hard practice before the West Point meet of February...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Schussmen Cop Seventh Place At College Week Competition | 1/8/1947 | See Source »

...November elections. Brooding over the results, professional "liberals" in both the National Citizens Political Action Committee and the Independent Citizens' Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions convinced themselves that a merger might help. Last week in Manhattan, a joint meeting of the long-haired, politically wet-eared left heard some of the facts of political life from an independent who had made a go of it - Fiorello LaGuardia. Said Butch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Merger | 1/6/1947 | See Source »

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