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Dates: during 1940-1940
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From eras antedeluvian Harvard's Administration had opposed the building of a theatre in Harvard Square as a menace to the moral welfare of undergraduates. Around the turn of the century the Administration was joined by another forward-looking, progressive institution, the Harvard Square Business Men's Association. Together, side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 10/19/1940 | See Source »

Between 1890 and 1910 Chicago boomed again, gained 1,000,000 new citizens. "As in previous boom eras," records Asbury, "the underworld more than kept pace. . . ."A reign of terror arose:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Down the Cesspool | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

But that is not so in the world happenings of today-and I am proud that it is not so. I am glad that we Americans are shocked, that we are angered by the tragic news that has come to us from Belgium and The Netherlands and Luxembourg." He praised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Challenge | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

Every weekday 20,000,000 Americans rustle through the back pages of their newspapers to read a single-frame comic that looks as though it might have been drawn by a gifted, quizzical schoolboy. It is called Out Our Way and it is published in more newspapers (725 daily; 230...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Cowboy Cartoonist | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

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