Word: wisconsin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...controlled Spanish press, which had been treating touring Congressmen as if each was a cigar-chomping oracle, bottled the story up tight for 24 hours. Then Madrid's Arriba burst forth with an angry editorial which accused Pfeifer and his two companions-Democratic Congressmen Clement J. Zablocki of Wisconsin and Thomas S. Gordon of Illinois-of "malice and shortsightedness." What was Spain going to do about the U.S.? Cried Arriba: "The answer is simple. Nothing. We are going to do nothing at all. We don't need the U.S. for military adventures. Our fleet does not need American...
...with the fanciest name of all-the "water-rising nut twist." The winner: Mrs. Ralph E. Smafield, 32, wife of a Detroit electrical engineer. The recipe, as expected, was a family treasure, which Mrs. Smafield got from her mother who "got it 25 years ago from a friend in Wisconsin." Pillsbury labeled it top secret, saved it for publication later...
Louisville, Kentucky: December 28, Anderson C. Dearing, Jr. '34, 5th and Court Place; Milwaukee, Wisconsin: December 30, A. William Asmuth, Jr. '38, 735 North Water Street; Baltimore: Paul P. Swett, Jr. '32, Baltimore Life Insurance Company, Charles Street; Mcmphis, Tennessee: Merrill Garcelon '25, 639 Sterick Building; Minnesota: December 30, Dwight D. Taylor, Jr. '41, Route 1, Wayzata; Omaha: December 22, Roderic B. Crane, University of Nebraska; New Canaan, Connecticut: David C. Marvin, 37 Elm Street...
...million pounds of Cheddar cheese, stored mostly in Wisconsin...
Nine of the 16 selections in Professor Jones' anthology are distinguished expositions of the concept of freedom of inquiry as not forth by diverse persons and institutions from 1605 (Francis Bacon on "The Advancement of Learning") to 1915 (The University of Wisconsin's message on a bronze tablet.) But the remaining seven articles--also vigorous statements of this crucial freedom--cover only the last three decades...