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Wooden boat builders still sniff at steel hulls, claiming that they are noisier, hotter, and expensive to maintain. But Churchward says flatly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIAGE TRADE: Poor Man's Yacht | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

...unless a basketball squad has a couple operatives named Joe Fulks, the law of averages points out that it will win games by virtue of its being "hotter" than its opponent only 50 percent of the time. And Walt McCurdy, whose set shot is a thing of beauty and a joy forever, is the only man who approaches such an operative on the Crimson quintet...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 1/8/1948 | See Source »

...Russian participation, which the U.S. wants to avoid. Rather than allow Russian troops a foothold in the Middle East, the U.S. might take on the job itself. Military authorities estimated that at least 50,000 troops would be required; sending such a force in 1948 might create a hotter U.S. political issue than the one Washington tried to avoid by accepting Zionist demands for partition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Let the Echo Carry | 12/15/1947 | See Source »

That Brown Freshman basketball team is hot, much hotter than Tech." This was all Yardling coach Moe Berg had to say yesterday concerning his quintet's chances against the Bruin cubs tonight at 7 o'clock in the Indoor Athletic Building...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Five Stalks Scrappy Brown Cubs | 12/6/1947 | See Source »

Other testimony made Meyers' spot hotter. An anonymous letter dated 1945 (which the A.A.F. had managed to "lose" in the files) charged that for ten years Meyers had made a practice of buying stock in companies as soon as he got their bids on contracts, that he held control of a Cleveland company which was buying large amounts of Air Corps supplies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Discomfited General | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

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