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The End & the Beginning. His book, Das Kapital, was a disappointment to Marx. When it finally appeared (after some 18 years of work), Engels was pressed into service to write reviews, both pro & con, in a vain attempt to attract some attention to it. Marx said: "Das Kapital will not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: Dr. Crankley's Children | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

Austerity was the keynote of the London office's Christmas, and most members planned to spend it quietly. Because of the shortage of foreign exchange mistletoe, usually imported from France, was virtually nonexistent, and commodities, from potatoes to caviar, were also in short supply. Although Bureau Chief John Osborne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 29, 1947 | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

Chinese and Japanese of small means banded together in huis (syndicates), pooling their resources and promoting business enterprises. A former social service worker, Hung Wai Ching, organized his friends and swung a $320,000 deal to acquire Honolulu's gaudy Lau Yee Chai nightclub. With Ruddy Tongg, one of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Knock on the Door | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

If you go to Yale, you can learn "all the dope you need in order to become a father," and you don't even have to go to the trouble and expense of a trip Smithward to acquire it.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Haven Gives Stork Coaching, Yalies See No Fatherhood Shortage | 11/21/1947 | See Source »

Offensive power depends on "how hard and fat the team runs," Lamar continues, pointing out that this includes interference as well as ball carriers. Constant running is the only way to acquire this power, he claims and so his teams seldom move from one field to another at a walk...

Author: By Rafael M. Steinberg, | Title: Freshman Coach Lamar Molds Crimson Gridmen | 11/20/1947 | See Source »

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