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...Chappuis hasn't told Wally yet about his girl at Michigan, Ann Gestie, who is 20, wide-eyed and blonde. He gave his Phi Delt pin to Ann three weeks ago. Every Tuesday and Thursday morning they meet at Wikel's drugstore for a Coke. Says Ann: "Going steady sounds kind of corny, but that's what we're doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Specialist | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

Perhaps to offset any undue sobriety of a rally-less Friday night a bevy of Radcliffe, usherettes will dish up refreshments between the musical numbers tonight, band officials announced. Nothing stronger than cider and coke, however, will be donated by the Band...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Team Nixes Rally And Leaves Green Spotlight to Band | 10/24/1947 | See Source »

...emotion, for sound Gallic sense recognizes the need for 19 million tons of coal this year while only 5 million tons are available. German heavy industry not only holds fears for the Frenchman in remembrance of things past, but also is the smelting furnace consuming the coal and coke needed for French recovery...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brass Tacks | 10/21/1947 | See Source »

Green Light. To keep the nation's railroads "in a reasonably healthy condition," the Interstate Commerce Commission granted their request for an emergency increase of 10% in freight rates. Exceptions on coal, coke and iron ore rates reduced the overall increase to 8.9%. Estimated annual increase in shippers' bills: $700 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facts & Figures, Oct. 20, 1947 | 10/20/1947 | See Source »

...told a Kiwanis meeting that "no self-respecting, able member of the present faculty would serve as president. But the regents will have no trouble finding a bootlicker or a quisling...." A few days later, the regents named Theophilus Shickel Painter, a mild-mannered zoology professor, as president. Governor Coke Stevenson told the regents that, if he were one of them, he would fire Dobie "without batting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case of Professor Pancho | 10/13/1947 | See Source »

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