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Dates: during 1940-1949
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No one knew better than Gonzalez how painful economic reforms could be. Four months ago students, protesting over an increase in bus fares, set off a bloody riot in Santiago. But his whirlwind stump tour had won Gonzalez enough political support to put over the plan. Now his problem would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: The Mad Method | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Even as a boy in Mexico, José had been an unworldly sort. But his golden voice and romantic profile soon had him performing at the Chicago Civic Opera, most notably as Nicias in Thais. He went into the movies, made a succession of highly successful musical films in Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Singing Soldier | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Madam Ambassador Eugenie Anderson, 40, of Red Wing, Minn.-the first woman Ambassador in U.S. history-sailed from New York to take up her post in Copenhagen, Denmark. With her went Johanna, 15, Hans, 11, and Husband John, who was proud not only of his wife's big new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Restless Foot | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Sir Laurence Olivier, arriving in New York to make his television debut, was saddened because many people in England had misinterpreted the role of Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, currently being played in London by his wife, Vivien Leigh. The character is not a prostitute, Sir Laurence explained patiently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Restless Foot | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

The Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York discovered that there's nothing like an oldtimey masked ball to attract partygoers. Staging a masquerade in the Waldorf-Astoria grand ballroom for its Pension Fund, the Philharmonic lured in 1,200 masked dancers, twice the number that attended two previous open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Restless Foot | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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