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American inventors, however, had cause to hang their heads in mortification. According to a news story out of London last week, an English colonel had invented the gadget which seemed most suited to the mood of the U.S.-a mechanical "morale raiser" which cried "Bravo! Well done! Good show!", clapped its owner on the back in a friendly way and burst into uproarious laughter when he told a joke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PEOPLE: Before the Thunderstorm | 1/1/1951 | See Source »

...Bravo on your discerning write-up of Robert Frost, the world's most gifted toiler in his particular vineyard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 30, 1950 | 10/30/1950 | See Source »

...Bravo also to Boris Chaliapin for his very warm, human and sensitive cover portrait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 30, 1950 | 10/30/1950 | See Source »

...University professor, declared the law was "highly unwise and contrary to our traditions," and stated that he would stand on the testimony he gave against the bill and which was since been widely distributed by the American Civil Liberties Union as a pamphlet titled "The Free and the Bravo." He declined to state his opinions as to the constitutionally...

Author: By Daniel B. Jacobs, | Title: Teachers Call Anti-Communist Law Unwise, Unneeded, and Unworkable | 9/26/1950 | See Source »

...short time in the U.S., Sir Gladwyn has acquired a following of fans. Last week, in a shower of congratulatory telegrams, was one message: "Bravo, bravo. You and your delegation are a credit to civilization. The Gross Family, 824 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn." Said Sir Gladwyn: "I thought it must be Ernie Gross's family [Ambassador Ernest Gross is Warren Austin's second-in-command]. But when I asked him, I found that there are a great many people named Gross in America. Fancy that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF LAKE SUCCESS: Junior S.O.B. | 8/21/1950 | See Source »

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