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...longest work on the Alumni Bulletin's list is the "Book of English Literature" by Robert G. Martin '05 and Franklyn B. Synder '09. This book contains 1642 pages. The most brief book on the list is the 10 page "How Far is A Judge Free in Rendering A Decision?" by Learned Hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Men Have Written 308 Volumes During Last Six Months;--Average of 11-2 Books a Day | 12/9/1933 | See Source »

...game is now history, but for the benefit of those who are still in ignorance the score was 19-6. Three perfectly executed passes and one of the longest runs on record turned the trick. Locke's jaunt down the field on the kickoff will go down in the annals as one of the most thrilling exhibitions of football seen in the series. Outrushed by Yale from scrimmages 152 yards to 78, Harvard managed to keep the game on ice after the touchdown by Haley after three minutes of the first quarter had elapsed...

Author: By B. O. F. ingram, | Title: ELEVEN COMES TO LIFE TO TROUNCE ELI ON GRIDIRON | 11/27/1933 | See Source »

...bushmaster ranges from southern Costa Rica to northern Brazil. Studded like a pineapple, its waxy, glistening scales are pale reddish yellow crossed with diamond-shaped black patches on the back. It may be the progenitor of the whole pit viper family, of which it is the longest. The group includes rattlesnake, moccasin, copperhead, fer-de-lance. On the end of the bushmaster's tail is a slender horn, possibly a vestigial set of rattles. Like the rest of the family, it has a deep pit on either side of its big, blunt snout. It is the only member which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Bushmaster | 11/20/1933 | See Source »

...visit. Then President Roosevelt instituted his new monetary program and it became clear that it would be futile to discuss debt settlement until it could be determined where the dollar would finally come to roost in relation to the pound. That was the subject of the second, last and longest (one hour) conference which the President had with Sir Frederick and Sir Ronald...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Tired Team | 11/13/1933 | See Source »

Like Hubert Scott-Paine, unsuccessful challenger for the Harmsworth Trophy for speedboats (TIME, Sept. 11), '"Tom" Sopwith is a famed British aircraft builder. He learned to fly in 1909, entered a contest next year for the longest flight by a British aviator from England into Europe. By flying 150 mi. into France he won a ?4,000 prize. In 1912 he formed Sopwith Aviation Co. Ltd. which produced the Camels, Pups and Dolphins flown by Allied pilots in the War. After the War he took as partner his longtime test-pilot Harry Hawker, who in 1919 attempted the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sopwith's Endeavor | 10/30/1933 | See Source »

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