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Attlee's declaration could not demolish the biggest obstacle to Indian independence-the division between Hindus and Moslems. His statement that "we cannot allow minorities to veto advances by the majority" hit a sensitive spot. Moslem League President Mohamed Ali Jinnah, who demands a separate Moslem state (Pakistan), accused Attlee of "rope-walking," repeated his doctrine that "the Moslems of India are not a minority but a nation, and self-determination is their birthright." Again he threatened civil war if the British and Congress reject Pakistan. If it is a question, he said, of "who can shed the more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: This Is the Time | 3/25/1946 | See Source »

...FPHA believes that it can conform to the law, and maybe help ease the housing shortage, by selling the units to private builders who agree to: 1) demolish the units and move them from present sites; 2) use some of the salvaged material for entirely new houses. FPHA will show the method of recovery at a 20-acre "showcase" exhibit to be erected at Silver Springs, Md., in mid-December...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSING: Surplus & Shortage | 10/22/1945 | See Source »

...good will produced by the show is evident in" . . . the University decision to demolish Shepherd Hall. More formality is expected when the Network begins broadcasting from the curb...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Early Risers Hear 75th Swing Show | 3/13/1945 | See Source »

Having thus tried to demolish the chief bases of most estimates, Economist Mayer then makes his own estimate. He assumes that there will be no sharp postwar boom or precipitous collapse, that agricultural prices may decline, hourly wages and salaries and corporate profits will remain about the same, that there will be an increase in the number of employed over 1940, but that the income of wage & salary workers will be drastically cut because of the elimination of overtime, the shift to lower-paying jobs, etc. Likewise, the small businessmen and professional men will see their income drop about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POSTWAR: All Wrong but Brookings | 10/16/1944 | See Source »

...hereinafters" properly included, in a dazzling display of mnemonics. As a Kentucky Congressman for 14 years, he rose so fast as to threaten the seniority system. His special technique is to arm himself with such a mastery of the facts at issue that he can gently but thoroughly demolish the opposition. A kind, solid and reassuring citizen, he became last week the best and most important new face in the Washington war in many months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Home Front Cabinet | 6/7/1943 | See Source »

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