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Hitherto Japan's attack on the smugglers has been mostly by bombing planes, largely impotent against the scattered traffic in the dark. But early one morning last week Japanese warships and transports steamed out of the mist into Bias Bay, 40 miles north of Hong Kong, landed a force reported at more than 10,000 which promptly began moving inland, covered by bombers, across the smuggling country. Soon they threatened Wai-chow, an important smuggling station, and no strong Chinese opposition arrived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Week of Worry | 2/17/1941 | See Source »

...first and most obvious danger is that the abstracting of the textbooks may be done with bias, professor Robey may easily find in any or all of his 800 volumes statements with which some groups in American will disagree. He will find very few statements not espoused by some legitimate group in our society...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACULTY MEMBERS WARN OF DANGERS IN BOOK ANALYSIS | 1/14/1941 | See Source »

...signed editorial, "We Salute You," hard-hitting Dr. Smith summed up The Christian Advocate's aims: "To edit a paper for eight millions of Christians in such a day as this is a staggering responsibility. ... It must be entirely free from partisan bias, economic prejudice, and sectional pride. ... It is the glory of Methodism that we have always made room within our fellowship for differences of opinion, and our board of contributing editors represents those differences in an unusual degree. By the action of the General Conference and of the Board of Publication, the Editor of The Christian Advocate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Strong Words for Methodists | 1/6/1941 | See Source »

These are the machine bosses of Mexico, tough, realistic, ruthless politicians with no particular political bias, but with a great yen to build things, run things efficiently and just incidentally do a spot of getting. Also around Avila Camacho have gathered a group of brash young conservatives typified by Miguel Alemán, 36, Governor of Vera Cruz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: New President, Old Job | 12/9/1940 | See Source »

...face is expressionless from the other side. They are careful with close-ups of older beauties like Claudette Colbert and Marlene Dietrich, keeping them motionless to conceal the wrinkles that make-up and careful lighting won't hide. Photographing rubber chins and putty noses on a bias to avoid detection is a matter of course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Picture Man's Picture | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

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