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...discontent in Labor was widespread. It was audible in Miami, where A.F. of L.'s cautious chieftains gathered.* It could be seen in a dozen spots across the nation where flare-ups kept thousands from work. It could be felt in Pittsburgh, where 600,000 C.I.O. steelworkers prepared their deliberate campaign to scuttle the Little Steel formula. The nation still lacked a firm labor policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Unrest | 1/31/1944 | See Source »

...straddling the U-boat's forward deck. There she stuck. For ten feverish minutes the Borie poured metal from her 4-in. guns, her tommy guns, shotguns and pistols at the Nazis and their sub's steel sides. One signalman banged away with a harmless Very flare pistol. A gun captain hurled empty shell casings at the sub, knocked a Nazi overboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: Scratch the Pigboats | 11/22/1943 | See Source »

...same moment there swept an air escort of a single R.A.F. twin-engined Beaufighter, thus ensuring that Tommy would have his air cover against any resist ance during operations. As the bulldozer advanced into "action," the fighter dived on the village, firing a succession of Very-light (flare) cartridges. Resistance collapsed. The "enemy" surrendered and the operations were concluded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF AFRICA: Operations in Nigeria | 9/13/1943 | See Source »

Thus, once again, a flare-up of long-smoldering hates and jealousies in the State Department illuminated the fact that the U.S. has at least three State Departments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: A House Divided | 8/23/1943 | See Source »

...served as Admiral George Dewey's flagship. A year later she helped quench a flare-up in Panama. In 1905 special envoys of Russia and Japan met on board her during their peace conference at Portsmouth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Hardy Perennial | 7/12/1943 | See Source »

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