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Aaron is a New England boy, raised in the Berkshires, "not tall nor short, with a brush of chestnut hair, and brown eyes that were serene and markedly friendly, his forehead noble and clear as a scholar's -or an actor's-only a fair dancer but a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Aaron Gadd | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

A smouldering blaze led firemen on a merry 30-minute chase up and down stairs at 12:20 this morning before it was located and put out in the basements of Hazen's Restaurant and the Personal Bookshop. Total damage was estimated at $1000.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Midnight Fire Nipped After Elusive Chase | 3/8/1949 | See Source »

But the Romans, who first gave February 14 a special significance, celebrated the day with a dine and dance routine. The event was called the Feast of Lupercalia. After several generations, the Romans stopped the annual merry-making and called it a day, Valentine's Day to be exact, after...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prim Valentine's Day Faces College, but Romans Reveled | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

In the period immediately following November 2, much talk centered upon the five--elections-- wrong American press, which had all but unanimously pressed for the losing Republican candidate and, to cap the atrocity, had completely mistaken the public pulsebeat in the process. By new, how-ever, most newspapers have managed...

Author: By Selig S. Harrison, | Title: Brass Tacks | 2/3/1949 | See Source »

Though these stories may seem mere half-sad, half-merry anecdotes, they are actually incisive portraits of European Jewish life. Through Tevye's irony, they underline the weaknesses of that life: "I was . . . asking questions of the Almighty and answering them myself ... I wasn't worried about God...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Old Country | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

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