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Living quarters in Weld were, in one instance, compared to a monk's cell; lest the prospective occupants of that hall be discouraged, let it be said that a few colorful additions to a room in the way of furniture, will do wonders for even the most ascetic monk

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Problems of War Are Summer School Topics | 9/2/1941 | See Source »

If there is a type of top-ranking German general, these three are it. They look almost exactly alike (see cut}-heavily lined face, aquiline nose, snapping snake-eyes, lips tight and bitter. They are old: Rundstedt is 65, Leeb will be next month, Bock is 60. They are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: The Three Vons | 8/18/1941 | See Source »

*Marked for Thought Control, if it does not behave itself, is a certain Council For Launching National Policies, which is backed by that grey-bearded, ascetic fire-eater, Mitsuru Toyama, head of the Black Dragon Society. The Council For Launching National Policies has been holding public meetings, and lately it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Three to Make Ready | 7/21/1941 | See Source »

For Adolf Hitler is an ascetic. He never smokes, and says: "I like to have my enemies smoke as much as possible, but I do not like to have my friends smoke." He never drinks anything stronger than his private near-beer, 1.5% alcohol. He eats no meat. Sex has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War, STRATEGY: A Dictator's Hour | 4/14/1941 | See Source »

The Prime Minister raised his glass and turned to the guest of honor, a man with a face gaunt and ascetic enough to be Bunyan's pilgrim-John G. Winant, the newly arrived U. S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. Winston Churchill aimed his toast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: Conflict in Three Dimensions | 3/31/1941 | See Source »

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