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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Shortly before Pope Pius XII published the decree, Czech Communists had taken another step in their assault on Prague's Archbishop Beran and his hierarchy. In a memorandum signed by Party Secretary Rudolf Slansky, plans were made to build up a government-controlled national church. Another circular detailed punishments for priests who had read Beran's pastoral letters denouncing Communist persecution of the church. "Finally," said the circular, "we shall accuse [the Catholic hierarchy] directly of high treason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IDEOLOGIES: The Great Confusion | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

When one group of students aged 14 to 16 were asked what they would like to do, the majority gave answers like this: "Want to be a strato-navigator"; "Want to conquer the Arctic"; "Would like to build a special radio station to contact Mars . . . want to fly there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Conquerors | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

Later, he taught accounting at the University of California and wrote Practical Farm Accounts, which sold 100,000 copies. In 1945 he took over the presidency of Boston's Museum of Natural History, in four years cleaned out its moldy exhibits and put through a plan to build one of the most modern museums...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Assignment in Alaska | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

...Nation, satirizes the university attitude: "You want an atom bomb? Right! We will make it for you. But we really can't concern ourselves with the use to which you propose to put it . . . You want a cathedral? Right! The architectural department will tell you how to build it. But whether you should worship in it or keep pigs in it is a question which falls outside our province...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Hope or Despair? | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

...what follows turns out to be a tussle between neurotic pinheads. At one point. Cooper dynamites several blocks worth of a housing project to assert his artistic integrity. Blowing hot & cold on Cooper's ambitions, Massey finally puts a bullet through his own head after commissioning Cooper to build the tallest skyscraper in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 11, 1949 | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

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