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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...staying right where they are now. Even the House Masters must admit that few of their tennis are really suffering from any taxing problems in the supposed great post war jam. When they get together for their monthly meeting tomorrow night, let us hope that they reconsider their hasty scheme of returning to the 1946 kind of normalcy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Room Service, Please | 12/9/1947 | See Source »

While the Service Fund drive seemed certain to fall short of the $25,000 goal by about $7,000, vice-President Reynolds reasserted last night that he would reject any food saving plan forced on a dissenting minority. This indicated that the Council could not enforce its wheat economy scheme in spite of a recent poll which showed students two-to-one in favor of the plan...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Fund Drive, Wheat Poll Face Last-Minute Snags | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

Secondly, it is also representative of the tremendous vastness of the universe, and how little a part man has played in the scheme of things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 8, 1947 | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

...first picture to be made jointly in England by RKO and J. Arthur Rank (a scheme which enables RKO to use up its frozen assets in Britain and gives Rank the benefit of popular U.S. stars) So Well Remembered is not a promising start. Except for the well-keyed playing of John Mills (Great Expectations), nothing about the film is likely to be so well remembered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Dec. 1, 1947 | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

...chief difficulty with the present scheme of Council elections, according to Everingham, is that every one is directed by a different Council member in charge of the topic which the balloting embraces...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Receives Ballot, Poll Proposals Monday | 11/29/1947 | See Source »

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