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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Frustration. As a West Point cadet, Bob Eichelberger did not make the football team, won no letter. But he had wanted to. When he came back in 1940 as a major general and Superintendent of the Point, physical requirements for ad mission were so drawn that a tall candidate had to be underweight to get in. This anomaly was corrected. Eichelberger, who had come back with a fierce determination to make the Academy's football team the best ever, had his chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE OCCUPATION: Uncle Bob | 9/10/1945 | See Source »

They had made some contribution to the Allied war effort by their guerrilla activities, though the brunt of Chinese resistance was borne by Chiang's troops. They were dedicated to "bourgeois democracy" now, to Communism ultimately. Of Chungking they wanted a "coalition" government, a weird, hybrid sort of ad ministration in which they would share overall control but keep their army and state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: I Am Very Optimistic | 9/3/1945 | See Source »

...last autumn, after eleven years, Mrs. Majczek was ready. She ran a classified ad in the Chicago Daily Times: $5,OOO REWARD FOR KILLERS OF OFFICER LUNDY ON DEC. 9, 1932. CALL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ILLINOIS: The Reward | 8/27/1945 | See Source »

...began to end just about the time Grammer moved in. The pulps (only 7 are left) are almost a sideline now. The largest slice of Street & Smith's profits comes from Mademoiselle (Milly around the office), 354-page, ad-packed junior Vogue (circ. 433.830). Charm, designed for business girls ("Men Crave Resistance"), is another success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: New Bottles | 8/20/1945 | See Source »

Military Objective. In Dunn, N.C., the Dispatch received an ad: "Young soldier with four and a half years of duty would like to meet a young widow with three children. Object: 85 points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 13, 1945 | 8/13/1945 | See Source »

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