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...extent of the crisis. About 100 M. P.s who normally support the Government abstained from voting. Among them were Anthony Eden himself, Lord Cranborne (Eden's undersecretary who resigned with him) and Eden's prominent Conservative supporter, Winston Churchill. The Cabinet was finally upheld by a safe margin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Four Major Powers | 3/7/1938 | See Source »

...steps. But Joan Tozzer so impressed the solemn judges with the simplicity and smoothness of her free-skating repertory that they gave her performance almost as many points as Miss Peppe's. When the two-day totals were tallied, Joan Tozzer was awarded the crown by the slim margin of one-tenth of a point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Five Little Pretenders | 3/7/1938 | See Source »

...French Mathematician Pierre Fermat, laid down in the 17th Century states that there are no solutions to the equation: x n +y n = z n , n being a power greater than the square and x, y and z being whole numbers which are not zero.* Fermat wrote on the margin of a book that he had hit upon a proof of the theorem, but that there was not room enough on the margin to write it out. He died before he wrote it anywhere else that anyone knew of. The theorem became celebrated in the history of mathematics, and dozens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Eureka! | 3/7/1938 | See Source »

...margin of victory is conceded either Crimson or Eli grapplers on the eve of a desperate battle in the Indoor Athletic Building today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRAPPLERS FACE YALE IN CLOSE TILT TODAY | 3/5/1938 | See Source »

Like Adams, the Davenport hoopmen have mopped up the floor with their rivals. Which, say the Goldcoasters, means nothing. On Wednesday the Adams machine, with only one substitute, was edged by the Yardlings by a on point margin, despite Flash Hauck's 15 points. Final standings in inter-House squash: League A Won Lost Dunster 21 9 Eliot 19 10 Lowell 19 11 Adams 17 13 Winthrop 12 18 Leverett 10 20 Kirkland 6 23 League C Won Lost Adams 22 8 Eliot 20 10 Lowell 18 12 Dunster 14 16 Winthrop 14 16 Leverett 13 17 Kirkland...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Goldcoast Hoopmen Face Yale College Champions Here Today | 3/4/1938 | See Source »

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