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"He makes the mistakes of age-the inability to learn lessons, unwillingness to discard elderly inefficients, and, above all, dislike of contact with younger men whose minds are still elastic and in their prime. We are told . . . [Churchill] is indispensable; I deny that. We are told he is a great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Right Bower | 6/15/1942 | See Source »

Also Weston's course on non-vascular plants, 1a, is universally praised and very necessary for generals. 1b is not recommended except for those who plan to do a lot of work in botany. Romer's 2a, which used to be a full course, has been cut in half, with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Biology Good For Pre-Med | 4/23/1942 | See Source »

U.S. annual consumption is well over 100,000,000 lb. and there are no substitutes for it, not even soybean, castor or other oils, however processed. The versatile tung provides the fastest vegetable oil paint and varnish dryer. It gives to paints a tough, elastic, heat-resisting surface. It waterproofs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Tung Oil Wanted | 4/6/1942 | See Source »

India is not a nation ; it is a subcontinent with many races and languages. It is only under British rule that India has known general unity. The bulk of India's population is made up of 250,000,000 Hindus and 80,000,000 Moslems; their religious and ethical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: How Much Longer? | 3/16/1942 | See Source »

At Manhattan's Architectural League last week, Architect Lorimer Rich (designer of the Unknown Solidier monument at Arlington Cemetary) belatedly celebrated it with an exhibition of maps models and photographs. Architect Rich's exhibition showed what a beautiful job an unfettered planner can do with a city. It...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Capital's Birthday | 1/19/1942 | See Source »

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