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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Decision Before Dawn--At the Mayfower. A semi-documentary about American intelligence operations in Germany during...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WEEKEND EVENTS | 2/9/1952 | See Source »

...Israelis insist that their army is confined to its side of the border, is constantly harassed by Arab infiltrators intent on stealing food and construction materials, smuggling or visiting friends inside Israel. In communal settlements near the borders, Israelis play searchlights along their protective fences from dusk to dawn. The Israel government said last week that in the final three months of 1951, the war between infiltrating Arabs and Israeli border guards had cost the lives of 130 Arabs and 18 Israelis; 782 Arabs were captured. Thefts and damage committed by infiltrators in 1951 cost Israelis more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Stealthy War | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

Decision Before Dawn. A German prisoner (Oskar Werner) sweats out a mission as a U.S. spy in Germany on the brink of defeat in World War II (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Feb. 4, 1952 | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

...life had changed. Before dawn she lay awake waiting for the sun to rise. The ways of the sun's coming were various and rare. Sometimes the sun came swiftly, whitehot and bluish, into the white morning, sometimes slow and sullen, red with anger (thrusting up enormous in her window. (page...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 1/31/1952 | See Source »

...life was now a whole ritual. She lay always awake, before dawn, watching for the grey to colour to pale gold ... But sometimes he came ruddy, like a big shy creature. And sometimes slow and crimson red, with a look of anger, slowly pushing and shouldering ... as he moved behind the wall. (page...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 1/31/1952 | See Source »

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