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...catch-as-catch-can basis. In Athens, the Robert Lows could figure on no central heating after ten o'clock, candlelight after 1 a.m., and no dancing at all (forbidden because of Greece's "cold war"). In divided, blockaded Berlin, under the now familiar drone of the airlift planes, most bureau-men planned to spend New Year's quietly at home, or, more likely, out covering the news. In Shanghai, where no one could plan more than a few days ahead, TIME Inc.'s staff could not be sure of celebrating at all. A month from...
...transport services of the Navy and Air Force had been merged into the Military Air Transport Service, and the Berlin airlift was a dramatic demonstration of what M.A.T.S. could accomplish...
After weeks of heavy fog, the winter sun broke through last week and shone brightly on Berlin. The sound of the airlift planes, which had dwindled to a whisper, swelled to a cheering roar. Not since the blockade began had the morale of West Berlin been so high...
...assembly picked popular, forthright Socialist Ernst Reuter (whose party had won 64.5% of the total vote), ex-Communist, ex-concentration-camp inmate. Reuter was elected mayor of Berlin in 1946 but was prevented by the Russians from taking office. Last week he asked the Western powers to increase the airlift to 8,000 tons...
...expected soon, an increase in the daily average would surely be forthcoming, though perhaps not as high as the Germans hoped for. One day last week the planes brought in 6,312 tons-the best day since Air Force Day in September and the second best since the airlift began...