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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fushimi's plump principal, Hisahiko Okutani, observed: "If it had not been for the war you would have had to accept the traditional way." Little Chieko Tsuchida took up the argument. "My grandfather," she said,-"wants to pick a husband for me. I am opposed to an arranged marriage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Report Card from Kyoto | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

An 18-Hour Day. In his early campaigning days, Muñoz often trekked around in a pajama coat or open-necked shirt. "Putting on a necktie," he says, "alters a man's whole character." He worked odd hours, thought nothing of sitting up all night in a good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man of the People | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

The redhead in Apartment 1-A was strangled first. Then the redhead in 2-B and the one in 3-C got theirs. All died at the hands of "The Creeper," a sinister, unseen character in last week's Suspense play over CBS television. But after the murder of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Whodunit? | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

"To understand, from the standpoint of the Christian faith, that man cannot complete his own life, and can neither define nor fulfill the final mystery and meaning of his historical pilgrimage, is not to rob life of meaning or responsibility. The love toward God and the neighbor, which is the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Niebuhr on History | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

All of Shaw's familiar characters are included in "Getting Married"; the 'umble cockney, the stuffed-shirt army officer, the female crusaders, and others. Sidney Ball, as the greengrocer-alder man, gave a performance as polished and humorous as his h'accont Peter Davidson, who has a more difficult role...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: Getting Married | 4/29/1949 | See Source »

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