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...villains of the station are the large and expensive Western Union clocks on every wall which give accurate Naval Observatory time. Timing is the god of radio, making scheduling and programming a split-second technical affair...
...that time each House placed its total gross receipts in the Social Committee treasury and he Social Committee paid the expenses of each House then divided what was left among the Houses. Because one House spends more and the other less on expenses, this year we are going to split the gross receipts and let each House pay for it own expenses, thereby not penalizing any House for economy of operation...
Britain's tiny Liberal Party split again last week. Three of the nine Liberal M.P.s voted with the Labor government to defeat a Liberal-backed Conservative amendment attacking Socialist housing plans. The minute splinter group abstained from two other votes, protesting against the Tory "practice of forcing a series of divisions purely for the sake of opposition, thereby artificially keeping in being a state of crisis." Cracked the Tory Daily Telegraph: "A unique case of splitting the atom without generating power...
Since that time Harvard has been on the better side of an eight to six split. There are very few people who would wager on a Crimson victory this year, but a glance at the record indicates that the Harvard-Yale games, it appears, are a possibility of an upset is not too remote history apart from the regular season.DICK HARLOW, famous Crimson Coach, tried to make a post-war comeback, but had to retire because of poor health, being succeeded by Art Valpey and Lloyd Jordan, in that order...
Yale cam out in its split T. Fullback Bob Spears gained 17 yards in three plays to put the ball on the Harvard 30. Halfback Martin went around right end for two, but fumbled and Harvard recovered...