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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Frustrated Exports. Have Britain's modern "mercantile adventurers" the stuff to sweep the dollar main? Gone were the days when Britain faced no real competition on world markets. As one energetic Briton said last week: "We must get out of our carpet slippers and don swashbucklers' boots." But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Westward Ho! for $ $ $ | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

Swarthy, suave Alberto Dodero knew what he wanted to do with his money. He bought a yacht, a plane, a fleet of cars, elaborate homes near Buenos Aires and Montevideo, in New York, London, Paris and Cannes. He entertained like a Croesus, invited scores of guests for a lobster supper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Abdication of a Tycoon | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

Groups of husky British MPs rushed to the locks in armored cars. After four days of discussion between a Russian general and a British brigadier, the Russians agreed not to interfere any more. For the Russian retreat the Communist press had an odd explanation. The Russians, it solemnly assured its...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Waiting | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

Japan is desperately poor. Miles of gaping ruins still deface the land, though in the big cities jerry-built warrens of small houses and shops hide some of the scars of bomb destruction. The crowds that haggle over prices in Tokyo's Shimbashi market are only slightly better dressed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: New Door to Asia | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

A large number of student-owned cars perennially violate that law, DeGuglielmo pointed out.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Council Studies Bill to Sell 30-Day Parking Permits | 5/4/1949 | See Source »

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