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Dates: during 1940-1949
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These plans were meeting opposition last week from an unexpected quarter-Germany. Both Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Socialist Opposition Leader Kurt Schumacher have said that they do not want a German army. A public-opinion poll in the new republic showed that 60% of the Western Germans do not want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Arm the Germans? | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

The Cominform sent out another new message: all Communists should help set up forthwith a sweeping united front for "peace," cooperating with nearly all elements of the people, "regardless of politics."* A significant overtone gave a clue to what most worried the Cominform in the West: "Special attention should be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: The Last Straw? | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Some weeks ago, Bolivian Senator Tomás Manuel Elio, who by a strange coincidence is also legal adviser for the Patiño interests, introduced an amendment to the divorce law. When it came up for discussion last week, the President of Bolivia's Chamber of Deputies rose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Young Wives' Tale | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Last week an Indian boy walked into the Victoria Times office, left a scrawled-over sheet of brown wrapping paper, then scurried away. Said his unsigned note: "On Congo River-the witch doctors' law -all small boats have rope on keels-for his men to hold on to when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Word from the Wise | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Lauren Bacall cleared her throat in Hollywood and came out flatly against cheesecake: "It's a fallacy to think you look sexy just because you're wearing a low-cut gown or a tight sweater. You do it with a look ... or with your voice."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Entrances & Exits | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

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