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...states the turn in the Korean war has done great things for Democratic chances, but the GOP has plenty of punch left for the knockdown fights in the important states like Ohio, Colorado, Illinois Pennsylvania, Maryland, and California. The 1950 elections may or may not bring a shift in Congressional control. But the voters will be speaking out on every main political issue; and they will be able to decide whether old or new faces will be around for the national sweepstakes...
Because the present traffic box in Harvard Square continually gets knocked over by passing trucks and careening cars, the Cambridge City Council voted Monday that a now knockdown proof tower be constructed--at a cost...
...fight, Beshore hugged and tugged while broad-shouldered Ezzard Charles clouted him clumsily. At 2:53 of the 14th round, the battered and bloodied Beshore was still on his feet, but thoroughly cut up, and the referee stopped the fight. Not even Charles felt like crowing over his no-knockdown victory. Said he, reflectively: "I should have moved more. I wasn't very good...
...example of Raphael's genius, the Alba Madonna (TIME, March 4, 1935). Last week another Raphael Madonna, less fine than Mellon's but highly praised by the experts, was put up for sale in Manhattan. The auctioneer vainly suggested that bidding start at $50,000. Final knockdown price...
...highest praise I can give this article is that I think it is entirely worthy of its subject. Schweitzer's life is a knockdown argument for Christian missions...