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...fright; He cursed him in eating, he cursed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 11, 1946 | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

...victory General Fu took up his brush and addressed a plea to Communist Party chairman Mao Tse-tung: "The battle has taken the lives of at least 20,000 of your troops. We have buried them and wept over them. How sorrowful was the picture as they fled in fright, bleeding and falling by the roadside. I could not but press my heart and ask: who has killed these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Cruel Generosity | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

...Fright can cause hair to turn white overnight ("it never seems to turn white over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Caterpillars | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

Last week Ben visited Dr. W. R. Wooldridge, one of Britain's topflight veterinarians. On Dr. Wooldridge's Middlesex lawn, Ben got stage fright and suffered a fit of barking. Later he regained his composure, said slowly and distinctly: "I want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Talking Dog | 8/26/1946 | See Source »

...empty little church around the corner from Broadway got a new congregation last week: 415 prewar show people. All had come home from the wars with stage fright. To help them over it, the American Theater Wing, which ran the Stage Door Canteen, had rented the church, set up a theater school for ex-servicemen & women-professional show people only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Trade School | 7/22/1946 | See Source »

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