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...world and of society today" the new dean stressed the need for leadership founded on "personal integrity and emotional stability" as well as mental brawn. Unfortunately the personal qualities have sometimes been overlooked in seeking academic ability. His hope for the future depends upon increased scholarship funds to expand the search for well-rounded personalities. Toward the same end but slightly more nebulous is the problem of developing "more sense of a community at Harvard." Not meaning by this the "rah-rah" spirit of some colleges, Bender rather feels the need for reviving that "sense of sharing a common life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dean's Dilemma | 5/24/1947 | See Source »

Scheduled to expand its field of operations into a 16-debate program next year, the inter-House loop was set up by the Debate Council this year and since its inception has been laboring steadily to establish debating as a permanent part of inter-House activities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Debaters Edge Wintrhop to Win House Prize | 5/12/1947 | See Source »

This week Secretary Marshall went on the air to expand that theme. After painstakingly reviewing the tedious hours of conference haggling, he said: "Despite the disagreements . . . and the difficulties encountered, possibly greater progress towards final settlement was made than is realized. The critical differences were for the first time brought into the light and now stand clearly defined so that future negotiations can start with a knowledge of exactly what the issues are that must be settled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Report from Moscow | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

...others, aside from headquarters in a Manhattan skyscraper, are in South Bend, Chicago, Los Angeles). Loewy is now working on a deal to build an entire industrial town, for the same Sao Paulo interests. Next step is to reopen its office in London, from which the firm plans to expand abroad. Most of his ideas, says Loewy, are intended "not for Park Avenue but for the miner's wife," are thus marketable anywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Designer of Dreams | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

...many motorists commented on how "your signs read almost like verses"-and so many began to buy Burma-Shave-that Odell decided to expand his idea. One of his first jingles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Rhymes on the Road | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

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