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"Her story really softens one's heart," wrote one susceptible newsman as Yen's colleagues began circulating a petition to Mme. Chiang. But it was all hopeless. The deadline remained unchanged. Said Fang Chih, Kuomintang leader: "I think no patriotic man or woman wants to embrace each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Off with the Dance | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

Lord Inverchapel, Britain's suave Ambassador to the U.S. (who looks like a cigar-store Indian with a Valspar finish), went to Britain last month for his first vacation in ten years. In the midst of Britain's crisis, the Foreign Office ordered him back to the U.S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Missions Accomplished | 9/1/1947 | See Source »

At Shawnee, the courses included enunciation, programing and "how we acquire balance." Students sat in on rehearsals and broadcasts, got pointers on microphone technique, learned how to tap time properly with the feet (the heel, not the toe). They were also exposed to such Waring inspirations as Tone-Syllables, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Waring Mixture | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

The library is by no means what the planners would have liked, because of financial and material shortages, but the seminar has managed to acquire enough copies of significant works to make a go of it. Familiar titles are among them; "Walden," "Moby Dick," "U.S. Foreign Policy," "The Rise of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Salzburg Seminar Thriving On Zeal in Wartorn Austria | 8/15/1947 | See Source »

So the first requirement of U.S. policy is to keep Europe from going Communist. That is what the "Truman Doctrine" and the "Marshall approach" are all about. One of the advantages the Communists have over the democrats is that the Reds thrive when want, frustration and disorder prevail, as they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: WHAT PRICE PEACE? | 7/21/1947 | See Source »

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