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...Pill, footballer Radvillas, and prize Sophomore George Johnson will probably be the three outer garden starters, but, all in all the Lions just haven't got the stuff to be a real contender...

Author: By D. DONALD Peddle, | Title: DARTMOUTH NINE IS SHORT OF CAPABLE INFIELD MEN | 4/20/1939 | See Source »

...facts in-Indian trouble, tax trouble, Patrick Henry's rebel-rousing, the Declaration, Trenton, Saratoga, Lafayette off Rhode Island, the Constitution and how it grew, the rise of the Republicans (later called Democrats), everything from A to the XYZ affair-but so sweetly does she coat her historical pill that it might well be prescribed for students who are sick of textbooks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Long Chance | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...grant of 45 per cent of the total from the PWA received a setback when the Legislature voted down its part in the proceedings. Lyons said, however, that he would continue fighting for his plan, principal effect of which on Harvardians would be the removal of the pill-box in the center of Harvard square...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Subway May Be Extended Two Miles | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

Jerry blows up. His friend the Judge takes a calmer view, says that all good conservatives were red-hot radicals in their youth. At last Jerry downs this bitter pill too, grants the young vipers his blessing, if not his comprehension, as they leave to join an ambulance corps in Loyalist Spain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Flexible Father | 9/12/1938 | See Source »

...good hearty meal of corned beef, cabbage and boiled potatoes is not only a pleasure to the palate but a pretty pill, for the vegetables are rich in Vitamin C. But not everyone who tucks into this dish is assured of firm joints and healthy blood capillaries, for Vitamin C is a delicate thing, easily destroyed by combination with oxygen or improper cooking. Last week in Nature, Physiologists A. Høygaard and H. Waage Rasmussen of the University of Oslo, Norway reported the results of extensive potato-boiling. They found "16-19% more ascorbic acid [Vitamin C] left when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Boiled Potatoes | 9/5/1938 | See Source »

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