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...knocking our heads together this year . . . Detroit is much better. Cleveland will be a lot tougher, and so will Connie's Athletics." (The A's are out to win one more pennant for 87-year-old Connie Mack, to celebrate his 50th, and perhaps last, year as their manager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Competitive Instinct | 4/10/1950 | See Source »

...parts of South America at Easter? Why does the glass-winged butterfly have transparent wings? Where is the sole nesting ground of the Kirtland's warbler? This week, amateur and professional nature-lovers, from John Kieran to Herbert Hoover, could find the answers* to such questions in the 50th Anniversary issue of Natural History (circ. 40,000), the official magazine of the biggest natural history museum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Daffodils & Dinosaurs | 4/3/1950 | See Source »

John Houser was the first Crimson skier to come in as he took 18th position in 2 minutes, 28.3 seconds. Gordon Abbott was 39th, Jim Weaver 41st, Bill Wasserman 45th, and John Hart 50th...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Skiers Trail in National Intercollegiate Meet | 4/1/1950 | See Source »

...Paris, Composer Gustave Charpentier, 89, was honored at the 50th anniversary of his opera, Louise. The Opera-Comique gave a gala performance of the show, and Charpentier himself, doing a bit of conducting, rated bravos from audience and cast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Thoughts & Afterthoughts | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

...varsity win its 50th straight, the freshmen their 51st...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Basketball Team, Swimmers Test Strong New Haven Foes | 3/11/1950 | See Source »

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