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...among the largest: the 341-man U.S. squad) marched around the field. Exactly on schedule, at 4:07 p.m., a runner entered Wembley Stadium, bearing the "permanent flame" from Greece. He was anchor man on a human chain which had relayed the torch from a British destroyer landing at Dover. The flame went out twice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Off the Mark | 8/9/1948 | See Source »

Married. Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr., 28, television equipment merchant, who accompanied his father on the 1947 Antarctic expedition; and Emily Bradley Saltonstall, 28, daughter of Massachusetts' senior Senator Leverett Saltonstall; in Dover, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 9, 1948 | 8/9/1948 | See Source »

George H. Abbott, Andover. Hugh Amory, Dover. Peter Calingaert, Detroit, Michigan. Cornelius deW. Hastie, Takoma Park, Maryland. Nathan Newbury, III, Weston. Alfred T. Peaslee, Jr., Dubuque, Iowa. John W. Sears, Pride's Crossing. Alan R. Trustman, Brookline. Joseph S. Ullian, Newton Center. Herbert Barry, 3rd, Brookline...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scholarships | 6/9/1948 | See Source »

...insure that bats, balls, gloves, and liniment get to the proper place next year, Peter N. Toulmin '50, of Dover and Apley Court was appointed Varsity manager for the 1949 season yesterday. He will be seconded by Hubert C. Foster '49, of Westfield, New Jersey, and Leverett House...

Author: By R. SCOT Leavitt, | Title: Weatherman Dampens 'Big Red' Game's Hopes | 5/22/1948 | See Source »

...forgetfulness or the Abbot's enterprise, deferred punishment came to the island in 1099 when it was submerged by the sea in a storm. Lomea became one of the world's worst perils to shipping. Strong winds and tides pumping through the narrow Straits of Dover have not only built up the Goodwin's seaward side into an almost vertical wall, but driven ships into the sucking grasp of their sands. At low tide, the Goodwins are a desolate, brownish-grey archipelago; between 1824 and 1854, determined cricketers sloshed through four matches on the Goodwins. The record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Low Island | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

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