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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...taken there after she tried to commit suicide. Two weeks ago she threw herself into the Surrey Canal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Polterjacket | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

Henry Young's leg infection will keep him out of today's encounter, but Coach Samborski would not commit himself as to whether he or Cabot would be at short even if he were sound. Young's injury over the past week has given Cabot a second chance to try for a regular's role, and he has looked more than adequate in the attempt...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: Donelan Pitches for Frosh Nine Against Exeter Today | 5/7/1949 | See Source »

...earn enough money from private practice any more. Few can afford to hold out. Said one fashionable specialist: "Let's not be blind. In a few years, there'll probably be no private practice at all. All you do by not joining the plan is eventually to commit hara-kiri...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Medicine Man | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

Sold. In Santa Monica, Calif., Raymond E. Flora explained why he had tried to 'commit suicide: "... I saw a billboard. Fine funeral for $60. Why miss a bargain like that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 7, 1949 | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

...Benelux nations). The French, who took the role of the hare in the race toward union (if race it was), wanted an assembly whose delegates would directly represent their countries' population. They would vote publicly, without regard to the nations' official policies. They could not commit their governments to action; they could, however, stir up public opinion at home. The British, who were playing tortoise, suggested, instead, a council of ministers which would meet in private; the members would merely represent their governments, and be bound by them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN UNION: Hare v. Tortoise | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

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