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...throwing out the Taft-Hartley Act, would reinstate the 1935 Wagner Act as it stood. This was exactly what C.I.O. leaders had originally demanded. Marcantonio shrilled that he wanted to make the issue clear-cut. But it was just the kind of clearcutness that cautious Administration leaders wanted to avoid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Screeching Pause | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

Prospective students at the second postwar session of the Summer School can go through the usual signing-in today and tomorrow at Memorial Hall and thereby avoid re-registering on July...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Registration Will Begin Today for Summer Session | 5/4/1949 | See Source »

...plan for the erection of eight new Moscow skyscrapers (16 to 32 stories), Vechernyaya Moskva predicted that Moscow's skyline of the future will be festive and eye-pleasing, not at all like its American counterpart-not a sway or a crack in a block. Russian architects will avoid the "errors" of U.S. builders-the Soviet skyscrapers will not yield to the wind, but will stand "unshaken and firm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Hole in the Ground | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

Third, the Teachers' Union resolved that "in time when widespread suspicion and organized pressure threaten the independence of university scholars, every effort must be made to preserve the principles of academic freedom, and special effort should be made to avoid stigmatizing or punishing members of the faculty who profess independent or unpopular views...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Teachers' Union Announces Policy on Academic Freedom | 4/29/1949 | See Source »

...Hygiene Department has a fine big building near the trolley tracks on Mt. Auburn Street for the care and feeding of mild illnesses. Students who have managed to avoid stretch at Stillman don't know what they're missing, those who have been there find the experience unforgettable...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: Circling the Square | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

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