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A tank, detached from the rest, belched away from the reviewing stand, and jounced importantly around the field. That was The Old Man's tank.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY: Company D and The Old Man | 2/24/1941 | See Source »

> The tests were made on a detached motor operating with complete lubrication, had no bearing whatever on what a graphite lubricant would do when the oil film was broken.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: FTC Boner | 2/3/1941 | See Source »

Accordingly Yugoslavia talked as tough as she could. Yugoslavia pointedly remained outside last week's signing bee and the Skoplje newsorgan Glas Juge (Voice of the South) addressed a stern warning to Bulgaria, whose Parliament began talking of revisionist claims against Yugoslavia. ''The question of Macedonia was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: On the Sidelines | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

(See Cover) The Rodgers & Hart-John O'Hara musicomedy Pal Joey had most of its lyrics and all its tunes written last week; Cabin In the Sky was ready to open this week; Hi' Ya Gentlemen was about to go into rehearsal. At this point, Cole Porter'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Porter on Panama | 10/28/1940 | See Source »

So interpreted, the statement is a denial of an essential principle which a university cannot renounce if it is to perform its proper function in our American society. For it is the special function of a university to supply the community with men who can think deeply and clearly because...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 10/9/1940 | See Source »

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