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Roared the Democrats: "THE ELEPHANT DOES FORGET" (its isolationist statements, the Hoover depression). Dewey is unpopular with his own party. Dewey is full of confused contradictions in his frantic effort to keep up with public opinion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Battle Called Off | 10/23/1944 | See Source »

...national debt, now more than 650 billion lire, is still soaring. Bank notes in circulation have doubled since the Allied invasion, now stand at the fantastic high of 260 billion lire. The Allied currency contributed only a small part to this increase, which mainly came from the frantic efforts of the Badoglio-through-Bonomi Governments to keep afloat. With a Government budget of 100 billion lire and revenue of 20 billion, little more than enough to pay the interest on the national debt, the Italians have had to work the printing presses overtime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EXCHANGE: The U. S. Pays Up | 10/23/1944 | See Source »

When last seen, the insurgents were still headed toward the Nicaraguan border, in frantic flight. General Noguera had jettisoned his hat, his sword, and his valise, which contained a bugle, a swatch of silk underwear, a bottle of perfume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COSTA RICA: To the Barricades | 10/9/1944 | See Source »

...headliner of the week was Jeff Hilleran's frantic effort to take off gobs of Don Juan's special mix. Was his face red after ten minutes' work out with a towel. Angle Barsanti was on his trail half the night to warm him but Jeff did an Evangeline on him in the Touraine and eluded Angle by inches...

Author: By Jack T. Shindler, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 9/26/1944 | See Source »

...hours after the newest war was declared, two frantic Bulgarian officials banged on the door of Russia's Sofia legation. They told the sleepy chargé d'affaires that Bulgaria wanted an armistice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BULGARIA: One Strike and Out | 9/18/1944 | See Source »

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