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Apart from this, I should like to compliment TIME . . . on a good piece of reporting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Anti-Semitic Twist? | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...Dewey (the likelihood of whose election Thomas conceded), a loaded compliment: "Mr. Dewey will have sense enough not to be a dictator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: From Norman, Regards | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

...take this opportunity to compliment TIME on the excellent article on television [May 24]. We have purchased copies for our key personnel who are expected to have an active part in the development of our television station, which is now under construction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 14, 1948 | 6/14/1948 | See Source »

...great compliment. Addressing the Congress of Europe last week, Winston Churchill wagged: "Now I must prepare you for something very serious indeed-I am going to speak French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Princess Zezette | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

...best tracks, known to horsemen as "the big apple," where rich stables race for prestige as well as profits, not nearly so many horses are "pulled" as the glower ing fans suspect. And if Eddie Arcaro is glowered at more than anybody, it is really a backhanded compliment: fans can't understand how he can lose. Arcaro tries to be philosophical about the booing: "I guess they're entitled to beef if they want to. They're losing their money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cover: Man on a Horse | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

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