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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Spain's stooped and shriveled Juan March has come a long way since the days of his penniless youth when he earned his first pesetas by smuggling tobacco. He did not learn to read or write until his late 40s, but he had a flair for figures. He multiplied his first stake into a fortune (estimated at $100 million to $200 million), gained mastery over scores of Spain's chief industries and banks, and helped finance Franco's rebellion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH FINANCE: Second Battle of the Ebro | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

...turned out, Cervantes found himself-and the form that became the modern novel-quite by accident. He started out to write a piffling burlesque of the popular chivalric romances of his day; Don Quixote became a masterpiece almost by mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wineskin into Giant | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

News board work will provide candidates with the knowledge of how to write news and cover college events including sports. The photographic board comp will reach its members the ins and outs of news photography...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Opens competition For Three Boards Tonight | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

Professor Morison, former official historian for the United States Navy, has been picked to write the official history of World War II. He is also considered an expert on the University, having written "Three Hundred Years of Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '53 Gets History By Morison at 8 | 9/28/1949 | See Source »

Marchie Schwartz, head football coach at Stanford, revealed last night that he would write Harvard captain Howie Houston a letter of praise for his "outstanding" performance in Saturday's game at Palo Alto...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Schwartz's Letter Praises Houston | 9/27/1949 | See Source »

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