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...With a flip of the bear's paw the Bulgarian Government had been knocked off the fence on which it had been trying so desperately...
...Joseph Morton, King Mihai last week told the story of his dramatic palace coup which flip-flopped Rumania from the Axis to the Allied camp (TIME, Sept...
When the end of the European war permits the Army to reduce its 8,000,000 peak (biggest unknown now: the size of the police force required for Europe), the Army will flip through its cards and decide how high a point credit will make men eligible for release. But those who think eligibility will automatically mean quick release may be sadly disappointed...
...Rumania flip-flopped last week out of the war on the German side into the war on the Allied side. Rumors of Rumanian peace feelers and talks with the Russians and British had buzzed around for months. But the Red Army's mighty shove (see WORLD BATTLEFRONTS) shook the royal palace, jolted young King Mihai and his aging aide-de-camp, General Constantin Sanatescu, into the realization that it was time to stop buzzing and do something. Young Mihai reached first for his Tommy gun, then for a microphone...
Young Mihai's Tommy gun nearly jammed on him. In the hustle & bustle of flip-flopping, General Antonescu was reported to have tried to make peace with the Allies first. Mihai beat his former dictator to the decision and the microphone by little more than the length of his Hohenzollern nose...