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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Through four years at Colgate University and a postgraduate course at Harvard, he managed to retain a slight Russian accent and his intimate ties with the good Russian earth. "I," he sometimes says with a Slavic spreading of hands, "am a peasant." Fee fi fo fum. When the Bolsheviks began to "liquidate the kulaks [successful farmers] as a class," Journalist Hindus dashed over to Russia to see what was happening to his fellow peasants. Result of his observations was Humanity Uprooted, a best-seller whose thesis was that it may be tough to be collectivized by force, tougher still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Russian Spirit | 6/8/1942 | See Source »

...drawled. "Ah come fum Birmingham in Alabama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Stung Again, Your Majesty | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

Captain Margesson was satisfied. Fum bling in the dark for the door's handle, he soon discovered that there was no inside handle. The Captain heaved his 14 stone against the door. It would not budge. He lit a match and observed that the mirror over the washstand was fogging from his breath. Scared stiff, he grabbed -a razor and forced it between the door and its frame. This admitted a little air, a chink of light. By diligently manipulating the razor Captain Margesson made a big enough hole to keep breathing, then he went to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Cabinet Shuffle | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

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