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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Communists have exploited the peasants' land hunger for political ends. De Gasperi has countered with the slogan, "We must have land reform, but first we must develop our land." Last summer ECAgriculturists revived the old Fascist program of land reclamation (as it was carried out in the Pontine Marshes) as a sensible way to more productivity and less agrarian discontent. With U.S. prodding and financial help, three districts are being reclaimed; eventually they will account for one-third of the nation's arable land, provide cheap plots for the landless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: After the Merry-Go-Round? | 5/30/1949 | See Source »

Nitwit Champion. Such thoroughness, practiced more in Europe than in the U.S., aims to develop disciplined horses that can adjust to race-track life. But there was one notable exception, a nitwit named Whirlaway, in the 1939 yearling crop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cover: Devil Red & Plain Ben | 5/30/1949 | See Source »

...this first novel Sartre has attempted to present his philosophy in the form of literature tracing the mental states of a young man during his daily life and showing the slow evolution of all facets of Existentialism in his mind. This develop for expressing himself falls however because of the philosophy involved and on the author's unsuitable prose the style. The philosophy falls along along the way, and the plot helds little interest but the book proves to be worthwhile due to the depth of the author's psychological insight. His perception of the main character's mind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 5/24/1949 | See Source »

...either is to be successful. According to the author, Russia could now capture all of Western Europe easily, but the United States would still possess final superiority in the air. Time is with this country in arming the Atlantic Pact nations but it will also allow Russia to develop atomic weapons...

Author: By William M. Simmons, | Title: War with Russia discussed by George Fielding Eliot | 5/17/1949 | See Source »

...Russia Strikes" is of questionable value in assessing the present or future world situation. The book is not based on any proven facts, and both reflects and supports present fear and hysteria. According to Mr. Eliot, since there can be no peace with Russia, we must remain armed and develop more powerful weapons and a stronger FBI to ferret out spies and plotters. All of this may not be warmongering--but it is dangerously close...

Author: By William M. Simmons, | Title: War with Russia discussed by George Fielding Eliot | 5/17/1949 | See Source »

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