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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Churchill served notice that he intended to propose a vote of censure this week, the Mother of Parliaments was not exactly furnishing to younger democracies an example of deliberative calm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: One Should Not Peel an Orange | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

Rage or Resignation. No critic had to excuse Toscanini's present by recalling his brilliant past. In this season's memorable 13 broadcasts, the Maestro has put on -and carried off-demanding programs that would have taxed conductors 30 years younger. He has not taken things easier because of his age, and he did not allow anyone else to either. In a business where wrath is an occupational privilege, Toscanini is still the tyrant of them all. Last week, rehearsing Brahms, the Maestro joyfully sang melodic passages with the orchestra in his croaky voice (which is often audible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Tireless Toscanini | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

Theodore Spencer, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory and chairman of the English department committee which administers the Fund, calls him "one of the younger poets ... honest and straightforward . . . whose war poetry gives a good physchological account, and physical description...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ciardi, War Poet, To Speak on His Works Tomorrow | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

Although these ads offer "IQ Measurement," the Bureau does not use slide rules or logarithmic tables to perform the measuring. It employs one hour popular tests, the Stanford-Bizet for the younger set, and the Wecheler-Believeze for those with Social Security Cards, to determine "mental capacity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Man Makes Good in Brattle Square Telling Undergraduates How Smart They Are | 3/7/1947 | See Source »

Everett High School's chances looked mightly slim in the state championship struggle after yesterday's scrimmage with Coach Moe Berg's squad. The mock battle saw even the Freshman third team outscoring the younger cagers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Five Wins, Faces Dean Academy | 3/4/1947 | See Source »

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