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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...even the pictures of Raphael . . ." The Communists' final blow came when they discovered that the opposition had cornered all police permits for the feast. The police took the position that if the Communists and the anti-Communists both hold processions for the Madonna del Carmine, blood would probably flow in the streets. As gracefully as they could, the Communists beat a retreat, agreed to join E.N.A.L. and the Giornale d'ltalia as co-sponsors of a unified celebration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Feast of Us Others | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

...Guatemala, the women of all classes know an ancient secret learned from the Indians: an herbal tea made from ixbut (rhymes with fish-boot) increases the flow of mother's milk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Milkweed | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...convinced," concludes Serrano, "that ixbut increases milk flow. By analysis, I know that this increment is actually milk and not water, as I originally suspected. We must still isolate the agent that causes the increase [a project which Merck & Co. will work on] and learn how it works." Serrano could rule out the milk-producing hormone prolactin: it did not enable his wife to nurse her four babies. But ixbut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Milkweed | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...modern concept of antibodies. The body's own drugs, he thought, were concentrated in the blood; therefore, a full supply of blood to the whole system was necessary to health. Dr. Still preached that manipulation of the spine, muscles and joints, to preserve a normal blood flow, could prevent or cure practically any ailment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Manipulations | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

There the movie's resemblance to Dostoevsky ends. The rich, exuberant flow of dialogue, incident and atmosphere characteristic of the Russian master has been choked to a pedestrian trickle. Dostoevsky's brilliant insights into the tortured motives and emotions of his lovers have paled into klieg-lighted stereotypes. Much of the time Peck and Miss Gardner act as if they had been stranded at a sedate costume party. In other scenes, when they try for a truly Slavic intensity, they seem to be acting out a burlesque on the whole school of Russian novelists. A few supporting players...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jul. 18, 1949 | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

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