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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Only in Great Britain did opinion hold firm that the U.S. was not softening its policy. Yet even in Britain the sense of urgency was diminishing. The North Atlantic Alliance had official backing, but the more difficult problems of Western Union had stopped progress toward that "grand design...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Peace on the Bargain Counter | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

...called "a brilliant piece of statesmanship." At week's end, Bunche, still hard at work, was leaving the optimism to his aides. Cried one of them: "I expect to be on my way to Geneva by the middle of next week." Said Bunche: "We still have the most difficult hurdles to take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Many Eyes, Many Motes | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

...hats and tails, however, is something special cooked up by Elke's staff for their Harvard visitors. Although outfitting an entire section in this garb may appear difficult, it will be nothing strange to Elke, who has an established reputation at Stanford for doing the bizarre and difficult. Among his accomplishments are a full-fledged but unofficial rally for the Bridge Team and the political maneuvering of an unknown local guitar player into a leading candidate for student council president...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stanford Rooters May Wear Tails, Ties for Harvard | 1/21/1949 | See Source »

...little on the prima donna side. He might be hard for Eddie [Association President Edward Ryerson] to handle." There were other considerations. Said one symphony musician: "Maybe it's just as well if Furtwangler doesn't come. I understand his beat is very difficult and strange. He comes down with a sort of shiver, and when he gets to the second button on his waistcoat, you start to play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chill Wind in Chicago | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

...time the show is over he is stealing an occasional scene from his elders. Given his fantastic American-Canadian-English lines that come up with such expressions as "jolly swell," Van Patten doesn't waste a syllable and is master of the double take. He has the difficult duty of acting a ludicrous person with a concrete and serious problem and he performs it without slipping into schizophrenia...

Author: By Rafael M. Steinberg, | Title: O Mistress Mine | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

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