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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...such good news, Perón grinned from ear to ear. Dr. Tylman immediately suspected the translation, saw to it that Perón got the correct version...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Open Wide | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

This he termed "a fair deal." The New Deal for the American people is no longer "new." It is, as Truman said, what "every segment of our population and every individual has a right to expect from his government." Truman wants to extend and correct this program. Part of his message was directed at the short-range danger of inflation and threats of a recession, but more significant was the long-range schedule of needed social legislation, proposals that will be fought all the way by the "gluttons of privilege" he blasted in the fall campaign...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: State of the Union | 1/6/1949 | See Source »

Your article regarding Childs was absolutely correct in saying 1) "Childs could not have picked a better man than Hennessy," and 2) that we plan "to improve Childs's fare" [TIME, Dec. 13]. I am happy, however, to advise you are mistaken in saying that "this year's sales have dipped below 1947." In spite of the fact that we are operating two less stores, our food sales are running ahead of last year and our liquor sales only slightly behind last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 3, 1949 | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

Most of the class looked at the problem with dejection, but the tall, skinny boy with unruly blond hair started scratching on a piece of paper. In five minutes he had the correct answer. This week the smart boy, now 34-year-old Professor Kenneth S. Pitzer of the University of California, will step into what is now the most important scientific job in the world, replacing Harvard's Dr. James Fisk as director of research of the Atomic Energy Commission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Atomic Boss | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

Deep Cut. In Columbus, Ohio, when a married couple disagreed over the correct way to cut cards, they asked a bridge expert's advice; when they consulted a lawyer about the expert's bill for $25, they got another bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 13, 1948 | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

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