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...Springfield encounter was a rough and tumble battle that wasn't decided until and overtime period had been called. One goal behind, the Carrmen staged a last period rally resulting in the tying score from the toe of Jack Sawhill. Then in the overtime canto the enemy swept down the field and Schmid clinched the game for gymnasts. Both Prenny Willetts and Bill Edger were injured in the afternoon's skirmish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOTERS BEAT MIT FALL TO GYMNASTS | 11/12/1940 | See Source »

...possibility of Germany's getting a toe hold on the Western Hemisphere by way of French or Dutch possessions is the most pressing part of the problem of Hemisphere defense. The U. S. alone has the strength to deal with it now. But eventually a larger, more remote spot in the Hemisphere may have to be defended -if not from direct invasion, from a political coup which would put friends of Germany in power-and the U. S. alone cannot deal with that. Last week the military and naval establishments of Latin America, as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Arms and the Man | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

...looked like a close battle until the last minutes of the first period, when the Bengala drew their first blood with a score from the toe of Tigerman Worthington. After the initial tally the Princeton scoring machine went into action. In spite of the mud and rain their sparkling offense proved too much for the Carrmen and so the second period ended with two more goals for the boys from New Jersey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Soccermen Give Crimson Their Initial Defeat 5 to 0 in Muddy Struggle | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

Persistent reports reached London last week that German troops were moving through the Tirol, down Italy's shank and off the toe to Sicily, where they were massing. From there it was expected that they would be transported to North Africa either by the hazardous sea route which the Italians use, or by air. London also heard that large parts of the Luftwaffe were destined for the Egyptian campaign, to give the Italian Army an overhead striking superiority something like that which the German Army used in the Polish campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHERN THEATRE: Winter in the Wilderness | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

Hudson got a better toe hold in the low-priced field last year, hiked sales 80% against 32% for the industry. Handsome, unobtrusive Abraham Edward Barit, president since 1936, jumped the gun on other manufacturers this year by having 1941 models in showrooms by late July. Result: he sold $22,000,000 worth of cars (1939 sales $58,036,000) in the first three weeks. Hudson sales through mid-September were 127% over a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The'4Is | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

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