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James W. Ingraham, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, yesterday squelched such rumors which statred when students noticed widening cracks along the parapets of some of the buildings--especially William James Hall.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: William James Hall Cracking, But University Will Mend All | 9/25/1952 | See Source »

That once elegant and utile implement, the toothpick, passes from the scene in an ever-widening social circle. The massive, rounded hardwood utensil with which modern hostesses and bartenders spear canapes and Martini olives was never intended to explore dental apertures, although it might serve for a murder weapon in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 4, 1952 | 8/4/1952 | See Source »

Hold-Backs. The greatest triumph in the Korean air war is the fact that the Reds have-so far-not dared to throw their air potential against the U.N. lines. This Communist timidity has brought about a situation unprecedented since the airplane became a weapon: the side with fewer planes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AIR WAR: Troubles & Triumphs | 4/14/1952 | See Source »

The men who maintain it call the Alaska Highway "the best gravel road in the world." Since 1946, Canada has spent $26 million in straightening, widening, bridging and otherwise improving it. Winter and summer, some 300 workers grade and gravel every inch of its surface at least twice a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Out of the Ashcan | 4/14/1952 | See Source »

Lowered Flags. As the news of the King's death spread in ever-widening circles out of London, many met it in bewilderment or plain disbelief. " 'Ere now, don't you go spreading rumors about like that," said a burly policeman at Sandringham's gate to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Elizabeth II | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

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