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...have the final control over policies. The Board of Overseers, a group of 30 alumni chosen for five years from those who have held their degrees for five or more years, holds ultimate veto power over all the Corporation's decisions. Seven times a year the Overseers meet in solemn conclave to approve (almost as a matter of course) the actions of the President and Fellows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mighty Corporation Supervises University | 6/15/1942 | See Source »

...yawned and laened back in the somewhat precarious copy-desk seat. The typewriter paper looked neat but naked with its little "ed 1" in the upper right hand corner. What could one say about Commencement? Where could one find thoughts weighty enough for that solemn occasion? Vag felt as empty of weighty thoughts as Joe Miller's Joke Book. He reached for the nearby copy of PM, seeking inspiration and guidance, only to find himself asked the embarrassing but inevitable question. Well, he wasn't going to do anything about it, and if Ralph Ingersoll didn't like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Looking Backwards | 6/11/1942 | See Source »

These are the solemn facts. It is also a fact that the U.S. has done an amazingly vast and rapid job of preparation for the battles still to come. Until they are fought, the war can be neither lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: THE FIRST SIX MONTHS | 6/8/1942 | See Source »

Friendship. Lewis, if he would, could have recalled his relations with the tall, solemn Murray-a friendship that began over a quarter of a century ago in Pittsburgh. Lewis was auditor for Sam Gompers' A.F. of L. Murray was a board member of the affiliated Mine Workers' Union...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: John's Vengeance | 6/8/1942 | See Source »

Whether he asked for it or not, heavyset, heavily solemn Governor Wilson had the backing of the isolationist Chicago Tribune. Chiding Thornburg for tying "himself to Willkie's kite," the Tribune proclaimed: "At the Republican State headquarters there is a natural frigidity towards Willkie." Frigid or not, Iowa rejected Willkie-backed Thornburg for Tribune-backed Wilson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Corn Belt Vote | 6/8/1942 | See Source »

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