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Dates: during 1940-1949
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It could raise taxes, which Harry Truman seems to want to do, while some of his advisers caution against it. A boost in taxes, they argue, would be bad in a political year like 1950; besides it might dangerously jiggle the prosperous but sensitive economy.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: $15 Million a Day | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

This enemy, Berlin disclosed in a recent article in Time and Tide, British weekly, is the over-emphasis on social and economic miseries of our times. This gives a sense of guilt to the student or professor who wonders whether he is justified in absorbing himself in the study, "let...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Berlin, Ex-Harvard Lecturer, Cites Faults of Universities | 12/10/1949 | See Source »

"I feel sure that neither Michelangelo nor Mozart, neither Newton nor Hume nor Gauss nor Einstein gave a conscious thought to social consequences while they were engaged in their labors.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Berlin, Ex-Harvard Lecturer, Cites Faults of Universities | 12/10/1949 | See Source »

Working under Phillips was something of an experience. According to Ellsworth Young, the present owner, "the store ran more on inspiration than system." For instance, Phillips had a fabulous memory for where he had put his books, and consequently felt no need for keeping them in any particular order on...

Author: By Maxwell E. Foster jr., | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 12/10/1949 | See Source »

The Crimson has lost three key men from the team that defeated Tech a year ago, while the Engineers had a fine freshman team which beat the Yardlings and has provided Coach George Myerson with some excellent material.

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Quinted Meets Navy; Wrestlers Oppose MIT | 12/10/1949 | See Source »

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