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...over their whiskey stocks, discovered they had 480,000,000 bbl., enough to last only two years unless the U.S. stops drinking so fast and hoarding so much. If the war lasts that long it would mean no whiskey to sell, dry rot in costly distributing organizations and the fade-out of valuable trade names. So the distillers went after wine with a rush. And they picked a good thing: U.S. wine consumption has jumped from 66,000,000 gal. in 1937 to 111,000,000 gal. last year, and demand is still going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIQUOR: California Invasion | 2/8/1943 | See Source »

...lifted to about 750° Fahrenheit, hot enough to boil away the oceans, char organic matter, and melt tin, lead and zinc. Then the last of the sun's hydrogen atoms will be converted into helium. With no more fuel on hand, the sun will cool and fade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Solar Fuel | 1/4/1943 | See Source »

...many stars are so distant that centuries elapse before their light reaches the earth. Nothing is known of the new star's distance from the earth. Nothing can be predicted about its future. It may become much brighter and linger for months or years, or it may soon fade and completely disappear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Exploded Sun | 11/23/1942 | See Source »

...when it gets to the 'Oh say can you see' part . . . Sessue . . . you take off your hat and brush a tear from your eye . . . whether you've got one there or not . . . because you're sorry . . . Sessue . . . sorry you're a Jap. Then we fade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hollywood at War | 10/12/1942 | See Source »

...more potent than ten friends. The lobby had three powerful leaders in the House: Georgia's Paul Brown, Alabama's Henry B. Steagall, South Carolina's Hampton P. Fulmer-Southern politicians all, who have passed their Democratic primaries, and trust the public's memory will fade inside another two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: God Forbid . . . Such Disunity | 10/5/1942 | See Source »

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