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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dawn, uses three offices (in the Constituent Assembly building, at the Foreign Ministry, in his home), will stick to desk work all day, then go through a barrage of social engagements, including dinner, then stay up until the small hours dictating to stenographers and lying in his charpoy (Indian string bed) to scan a day's bundle of news clippings. He drives himself equally hard, and much more spectacularly, when he gets away from offices and desks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Anchor for Asia | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

...High on a bamboo scaffolding, pudgy, white-haired August Ferdinand Schmiedigen, 66-year-old boss architect of Haiti's International Exposition, dangled a stone on the end of a long string. Then, having shown his sweating black masons that their wall was not plumb, he hopped down to take a rest. "I've never worked so hard in my life," he gasped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAITI: Unparalleled Fair | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

Earl Blaik put his first-string offense in again at this point and it got two more touchdowns before the game ended...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Hard-Hitting Army Team Mauls Varsity, 54-14; Score Is Highest Ever Piled Up Against Crimson | 10/16/1949 | See Source »

Army's lone goal was scored at 14:05 of the third quarter when the Cadets second-string center forward Ted Casas bested Crimson goalie Whoop Batchelder on a penalty shot...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Soccer Squad Whips Cadets In 3-1 Contest | 10/16/1949 | See Source »

With Bender and Captain Howie Houston running in their regular positions, Valpey had his entire first string line back, with the exception of left end Stretch Mazzone. Mazzone, still limping slightly, participated in dummy sessions but Fred Havreby took over for the contact part. Mazzone's status as far as action against Army goes is uncertain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bender Scrimmages; Team Works on Offensive Plays | 10/13/1949 | See Source »

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