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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...indeed a mess. But it amused newspaper readers to see that a truckman could admit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Rotten Mess | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

Under the new rule, conservative bishops may interpret the impediments strictly, while liberals may use them so as to admit many persons hitherto barred from the sacraments of the Church. The revised canon passed the House of Bishops unanimously, was sent to the House of Deputies, where its chances of passage were excellent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Ecclesiastical Statecraft | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

...present advantages of a small-country General were obvious. In an age of bloc diplomacy, he would be more able to work with all nations. He would be accepted more readily in former Axis countries. He might work better with Russia, should the Kremlin ever admit Roman Catholic missionaries. Despite the Russian hostility to Rome, Jesuits are training and planning for the day when they can preach behind the iron curtain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Soldier of Jesus | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

Ingrid Bergman loves Cary Grant, while Cary loves Ingrid but won't or can't admit in for 90 minutes. Ingrid, the not too innocent daughter of a convincted American traitor decides to become a U. S. agent in Rio because she goes for the Grant version of the strong, silent type. In time one thing leads to another, and sandwiched in among poisoned cups of coffee and champagne bottles loaded with uranium ore is a five minute amatory session that can best be described as sheer vicarious delight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 9/19/1946 | See Source »

...standards laid down by these officials for themselves are far enough off the rock bottom so that when they admit that out of a total of 2500 active housing applications, some 900 remain unfilled, it does not mean that wives and children are having to sleep on benches in the Common...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tight Housing Problem Looks Bad On Paper, But All to Have Roofs | 9/19/1946 | See Source »

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