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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What really speaks in favor of recognition, however, is the consequent possibility of America's retaining a foot-hold in China through diplomatic, commercial, educational, and missionary ties, thus leaving China's door open for influence by the West toward the democratic and independent direction. If recognition is delayed for too long, all existing ties between China and the U.S. will be severed, and it will be difficult to re-establish them in the future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foothold in China | 12/3/1949 | See Source »

...Next door to the exhibit room is the Society's record file, under the supervision of the superintendent of the Museum, Jason A. Swadkins. Bsides actual business accounts there are filed pictures of every railroad engine type in the nation...

Author: By William M. Simmons, | Title: Railroad Museum Shows Rise Of American Train Travel | 11/30/1949 | See Source »

...Gems. Fortnight ago, Hiram Parke popped champagne for a housewarming in the galleries' new $1,500,000 home, a squat, block-long modern building on upper Madison Avenue, 20 blocks away from his old store adjoining 57th Street's famed antique shops. Over the galleries' door, to symbolize art and industry, is a 14-by-10-foot sculpture of Venus and Manhattan, a reclining male. (Because Venus' bosom protrudes more than the permissible 18 inches over the sidewalk, Parke-Bernet pays $25 a year to the city for the privilege...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIAGE TRADE: The Stiff Arm | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

...shorter wheelbase (119 in. v. the Super-Six's 124), a shorter hood, smaller engine (112 h.p., six-cylinder), and a lower ($240 to $265) price. It ranges from $1,675 f.o.b. Detroit for the three-passenger coupé to $1,795 for the four-door sedan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Step Down | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

Director Nicholas (Knock on Any Door) Ray has succeeded in breathing some new life into his hackneyed plot. An escaped lifer (Farley Granger) and his girl (Cathy O'Donnell) hopelessly try to filter through a police dragnet. As their flight zigzags through central Texas, they get their first good view of the world and their first happiness in it. Only rarely, e.g., in a morning shot of Cathy purring glamorously in bed, do they act in tried and untrue Hollywood style. As usual in a cross-country chase, the movie spots its young folks in a grubby motel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Nov. 28, 1949 | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

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