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Dates: during 1940-1949
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First to handshake his way past the Trumans in the white & gold East Room was the dean of Washington's diplomatic corps, Brazil's Ambassador Carlos Martins, accompanied by his sculptress wife, Maria, and their handsome, 19-year-old daughter Nora. Portly Ambassador Martins bore up bravely in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAPITAL: The Two-Party System | 12/15/1947 | See Source »

In addition to the merman and the varsity, hockey and basketball squads, whose schedules have already been printed, the freshman and jayvee sextets and the yardling bucket brigade and tank corps all meet the Blue on the same date. A home meet with Yale winds up the season for the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H.A.A. Adds Six Teams To Winter Sports Slates | 12/12/1947 | See Source »

Circle No. 2. The second circle of Miss West's inferno is that of the grotesques-those who were more developed but scarcely older than the children. Some were, like Kenneth Edward, merchant seamen. Some were British prisoners of war who went over to the Germans. Some had been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Circles of Perdition | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

During the Spanish Civil War Herbert George had joined the International Brigade. Later he deserted. During World War II his ship was torpedoed off Narvik, and he went from one German camp to another. Then he got a letter saying that his wife in England had a baby. He thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Circles of Perdition | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

Circle No. 3. John Amery deserved a circle of perdition to himself. He was the worthless son of a distinguished father, Leopold Amery, Secretary of State for India in the Churchill government. He had been convicted 74 times on traffic charges. He had caused a scandal by falling in love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Circles of Perdition | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

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