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When Gideon Jackson told them, the freedmen of Carwell Plantation said "Hallelujah," and relaxed their fears of this first mysterious repercussion of freedom. But the fright in the giant frame of Gideon was greater than it had ever been in battle. The Voting had made him a delegate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Historical Amnesia? | 8/21/1944 | See Source »

...Chair. In Middleboro, Mass., 14-year-old Wayne Thomas went to the dentist for an extraction, sat down in the chair, died of fright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 7, 1944 | 8/7/1944 | See Source »

...fright the mules never got used to was the sight of an elephant. The fright was mutual. When elephant met mule there was pandemonium-trumpeting and braying, sometimes a hysterical stampede...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - OPERATIONS: Merrill's Mules | 8/7/1944 | See Source »

...Indian neighbors, the Lacandones seldom fight, almost never commit murder. They moan and chant, burn incense of copal and rubber at the altars of jungle-grown Mayan cities 1,500 years old. In a cave near a blue, sacred lake lives an evil minor god. Two Lacandones, sick with fright, guided Miss Duby there. In the cave was an ancient stone idol; on the entrance were carved hieroglyphics. The last of the Mayans begged her to read them, but she could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Green Mansions | 5/22/1944 | See Source »

Pressure Within. Fright is not enough to break the German hold on Bulgaria. If anything, the Germans have recently tightened their grip. But, unable to throw out the Nazis immediately, Bulgarians can and do look around for a future exit from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BULGARIA: Walk, Do Not Run | 1/24/1944 | See Source »

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