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From the Executive Mansion, Harry Truman could watch the bare trees on the White House lawn bending under the assault. But Mr. Truman himself was not bending. He was determined to fight his battle out at whatever cost. He had ordered John Steelman, his "labor adviser" and Lewis' solicitous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: By Law & by Dicker | 12/9/1946 | See Source »

One A.R.I, executive has stated the objectives concisely: "We deal with people and money; we're not interested in morals and that stuff." Hollywood, also passionately interested in people and money, is bending a fairly respectful ear these days to A.R.I.'s detailed advice.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A. P. & Want-to-See | 7/22/1946 | See Source »

Surprise! In Coventry, England, the Rev. Eric Appleby was able to forgive his wife for bending over his chair, covering his eyes, kissing him, simultaneously slitting his throat with a razor.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 15, 1946 | 7/15/1946 | See Source »

Last week in the newly opened American Library at Frankfurt, whose shelves are loaded with periodicals from the U.S., earnest young Germans were deep in the study of U.S. economics, politics, geography and literature. None was more rapt in concentration than a thin, hungry-looking youth bending over a slick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PLAIN PEOPLE: Dreams across the Sea | 7/8/1946 | See Source »

Not all the left-wingers thought alike. Karl Knaths, Lyonel Feininger and Lee Gatch recognized the dominion of nature; liked bending its straight lines, straightening its curves and complicating its colors to suit their fancies.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Straight Lines & Curves | 6/17/1946 | See Source »

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