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...task force is formed, and what it is expected to do; how the Army Commander spends his day; how your chow gets to you (or maybe why it doesn't sometimes); how German units work; the way you distinguish between truth, propaganda and pure, unadulterated BUNK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY: Theirs to Reason Why | 1/19/1942 | See Source »

...bunk, no journalese, no sentimentality. Of the embattled English he remarked: "Often they are insular, but their determination must be recorded." When Dorothy Thompson was telling the British that the poets of the world were on their side, he spoke for the sweating people who doubted the poets' effectiveness. At a time when the official British were still egg-walking on the subject of the U.S., he reported the truth in plain words: "They want us in this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: From Brick Dust to Bouquets | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

...Hohman: "I think that's just plain "bunk. Any woman who can afford $15 a week for a nurse will gladly turn over her kids to one." (Boos, hisses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Razzberries for Housewives | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

...barred window at the growing mob, and told him to come look. Spivey talked with his Lord and asked Him to save him. He told the Lord that he was going to tell the truth; suddenly he was no longer scared or worried, and lay back on his bunk and slept. About dark the boys woke him. He looked through the bars at the scene swimming in the hot Southern twilight, a string of 100 cars drawn up before the jail, 700 white men circulating under the trees. Strong in his faith, he lay down again and slept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Judge Lynch Overruled | 7/7/1941 | See Source »

...relegate them to the nursery or 1918. The pace has changed. These men are not going to stand for . . . rationed entertainment. It's the bunk to them. Tiddlywinks is no substitute for a girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY: Girls for Our Boys | 6/23/1941 | See Source »

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