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...years after he became Tsar, Peter began to woo the sea. He learned on a Russian lake how to trim a sheet and ease a tiller. Later he went to Holland disguised as Peter Mikhailov, able-bodied seaman, there took a job in shipyards and learned how to warp gnarled oak into clean ship shape with his own hands. He learned navigation, piloting, naval tactics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Peter Mikhailov's Love | 9/29/1941 | See Source »

...Woo at Wellesley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two British marines Spend Mid-War Shore Leave at Harvard, Wellesley | 9/25/1941 | See Source »

...When their quadrangular paths intersect, the foursome gets its identities tangled, temporarily crosses its affections. The complications, jealousies and comedy which accompany this Technicolored treatise on Pan-American flirtation are highly significant diplomatically. That Night in Rio is the first rose tossed by Hollywood in its current attempt to woo South America via the movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Mar. 24, 1941 | 3/24/1941 | See Source »

...interested in the field it will not hurt you to take Geology 1. Even if it does not stimulate your interest enough to woo you into the field, a year with the genial Kirtley Mather should prove entertaining as well as the inevitable instructive. The course is one of those that is recommended so that the non-scientific student can say that he has had a science course, but this is a case of academic license. The material is well-organized and the lab work is easy. If you're gunning for a good mark, though, and really do intend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION | 3/11/1941 | See Source »

Elsewhere in Latin America, Pierson either pitched a better brand of woo or had less opposition. Other loans to date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Mr. Pierson Pitches Woo | 2/10/1941 | See Source »

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