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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"War inflicts on men a total risk, the abandonment of all the gentle things of life. Men support, needless to say, the heaviest and most terrible part of the sacrifice. Nevertheless, I cannot keep myself from pitying the women who want to be brave, but who do not know how...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Hatless Heroism | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

Later the full count gave the relatively conservative Opposition 41 seats, a clear majority in the Constituent Assembly (76 seats). The supporters of Batista won only 35 seats. As the worsted Strong Man glowered in silence, Government supporters claimed that legal technicalities in validated the election results in the case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Batista Backfire | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

Mohammedanism sets up one God, one Prophet; Hinduism worships a great pantheon of gods. Hindus worship images, and fill their temples with ikons, which offend Moslems deeply. Their mosques must depend on color, material, texture for their beauty, and all decoration is pure geometry. To the Moslem a pig is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Jinnah Split | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

Political leaders of both groups claim that their biggest aim is independence. The great Hindus, Mohandas K. Gandhi and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, obviously work towards an India for Indians; but the leader of the Moslems usually thinks first about independence for Moslems and afterwards about independence for Indians. His name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Jinnah Split | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

Jinnah's own life has been a series of coat-turnings. He was born a Hindu, became a Moslem. He began his public life as an ardent Nationalist, later developed into a rank communalist (in favor of local elections according to religious majorities). Once a stanch supporter of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Jinnah Split | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

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