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...believed that a democratic revolution was at hand. Axis and pro-Axis newspaper buildings were stoned. Extemporaneous speeches were made on street corners and from atop coffee tables. Fourteen busses and streetcars were damaged and leaking gasoline set afire. The cry "Viva la Democracia" echoed through the streets. A checkup found 40 killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: The People Lose Again | 6/14/1943 | See Source »

Better than waiting for symptoms is going to the doctor for a checkup-many a man's life has been saved because he was scared into the doctor's office by having a friend fall dead. Another group he urges to the doctor are the five or ten million who suspect they have heart disease but feel normal. Many will get good news. Dr. Steincrohn knows a woman who gave up nearly all exercise before she found out from her doctor that there was nothing wrong with her. She had unnecessarily missed five years of her favorite sport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Vegetative Life | 4/19/1943 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Perry revealed, the surrending of ration books to the College has been progressing. A casual checkup on one of the House dining halls last week revealed that from 75 to 80 per cent of the books have already been turned in, with the remainder coming in slowly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RATION BOOK OFFENSES MAY BRING ACTION | 4/5/1943 | See Source »

...said that the individual dining rooms will be responsible for collecting the books, and that in all probability periodic checkup will be carried out by inspectors from that office. Aldrich Durant '08, business manager of the University, had no comment to make on the agency's decision, but stated that he had not yet taken action on the matter, as no official directive had been received in Lehman Hall. He added, however, that as soon as some official word was received, he was prepared to take any "necessary step...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OPA DEMANDS RATION BOOKS | 3/3/1943 | See Source »

...Navy claimed during World War I to have sunk 725 U-boats; in a post-war checkup the Germans admitted that the U.S. craft had actually sunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: Lucky Thirteen | 12/14/1942 | See Source »

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