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...Fight, Fight." In public the boys stood by each other. Bellamy's older brother, Herb, was a great scrapper. But whenever Herb was in a fight, it was understood that Bellamy would "hover near by waiting for the battle cry." If Herb needed reinforcements, he would shout: "Jump in, Bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Nostalgia | 9/29/1941 | See Source »

There was a much bigger, tougher boy named Joe. One day at cries of "Fight! Fight!" Bellamy came skating across the pond to find Herb on his back and Joe on top of him. "Herb had a tricky way of rolling an opponent who tried to pin him down; but Joe made no attempt to pin him-he simply began to hammer the living daylights out of him." Herb "must have been absorbing quite a drubbing for the moment he heard my voice he called . . . 'Jump in, Bill!' " But Joe had a long reach, held Bellamy off with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Nostalgia | 9/29/1941 | See Source »

This modern version of Ophelia's plaint could still be sung by mad-eyed U.S. pharmacists. But not much longer. For the supply of many herb-grown medicines is dwindling, and some prices have shot up as much as 200%. Synthetic drugs, such as arsenic compounds for syphilis, or sulfa drugs for infections, are still plentiful, but of the 300 plants commonly used in medicine, only 31 are grown commercially in the U.S. and those in small quantities. Many precious herbs could be grown in the U.S. and in South America, but their successful culture would take years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Dwindling Herbs | 8/11/1941 | See Source »

Clyde, Mac, and Herb Jones, known to this year's Freshman Smoker audience as the Jones Brothers, will play in the Winthrop House Junior Common Room at 8:30 o'clock this evening for Crimson Network listeners...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Colored Swingsters Jive With Harvard Cat on Air | 5/13/1941 | See Source »

...boat which lost Saturday is still intact, and rows as follows: Herb Church, bow, Nick Biddle 2, Ben Smith 3, Mickey Michalis 4, Scho Andrews 5, Dick Ober 6, Dave Sohier 7, Charlie Chace stroke, and Norm Stearns cox. This combination according to Coach Love, has come a long way in the last week, and is still improving fast...

Author: By Henry N. Platt jr., | Title: SPORTS of the CRIMSON | 5/7/1941 | See Source »

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