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Then the "dead" father turns up, the mere bandaged victim of a whack on the head; and Christy sinks from a hero to a butt. To regain his stature, he tries to murder his "da" all over again; but to Pegeen, a dirty squabble in her own backyard is something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Old Play in Manhattan, Nov. 4, 1946 | 11/4/1946 | See Source »

By war's end they were bossing a sprawling network of 16 tangled corporations with interchangeable resources and interlocking directorates. In four years they handled $78 million in Army contracts, paid themselves a half million in salaries and won three "E" awards, although Army officers protested that their production...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Tallyho! | 7/15/1946 | See Source »

Chicago newspapers clapped when Kelly "secured" Johnson's resignation. But they started howling again when ten of the old, Kelly-picked eleven-man school board announced that they were sitting tight. Their decision to stay meant just one thing: Boss Ed Kelly was ready to throw one man to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Not So Cjean Slate | 7/1/1946 | See Source »

Bob Allen became General George Patton's G2, lost his right arm last April when he drove into an ambush in Germany. Three days later, when Patton's Army caught up with him, he had taken over the hospital at Gotha, was bossing its German doctors and nurses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Redhead's Return | 12/31/1945 | See Source »

He was a somewhat strident boy, who early tried out the Fuhrerprinzip (leader principle) by bossing his schoolmates ("I became a little ringleader at that time"). One day he discovered an account of the Franco-Prussian War in two old popular magazines. "Before long that great heroic campaign had become...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: The Betrayer | 5/7/1945 | See Source »

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