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Whitmore suffered his first defeat of the season yesterday, yielding seven hits, one of them a homer, during his four innings of service. The inexperienced Molloy, who relieved him, showed good form on the mound and promises well for the future. Hensil, Villanova's hurling ace who shut out the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD RALLY IN NINTH FALLS SHORT | 5/17/1929 | See Source »

The Hoover Administration is not yielding or backtracking on the cardinal ideal, but simply feels that a primarily naval power such as the U. S. should keep hands off the problem of land disarmament, leaving it to be thrashed out among France, Germany, Italy, Russia and the other land Powers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: Battling for Reduction | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

Signs are not wanting to indicate that the barrier is on the verge of yielding to the assaults of Western penetration. Yale-in-China is a well established organization, and with the founding last year of the Harvard Yenching Institute, Harvard made an official entry into the field. It is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUT OF THE EAST | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

"Expedition travels 5,000 miles. Explores; maps much new country. Discovers new geological formations, fossil deposits. Finds residence sites dune dwellers, culture everywhere, yielding thousands stone implements, decorated bones, shells, tooth necklace, indicating that 20,000 years ago Mongolia more densely populated than today.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Stupendous Monster | 8/27/1928 | See Source »

Filiberta Madruzzo, the Cardinal's niece, is "a beautiful and innocent girl" and "heiress to all the family wealth," yet he heartlessly imprisons her, "yielding perhaps to the threats or prayers of Claudia,"

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Grande Romanzo | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

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