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...start of the post-armistice campaign, most Finns had too long been friends of the Germans to pursue the battle with gusto. But heavy-footed Germans did their undiplomatic best to change Finnish minds. Outmoded Stukas brutally dive-bombed two Finnish troop trains. Finnish towns were fired with senseless Teutonic fury. The Finnish soldier began to take a more personal interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF GERMANY (North): Cool-off in Finland | 10/23/1944 | See Source »

...Chorus--with gusto and whistles...

Author: By W. M. Cousins jr. and T. X. Cronin, S | Title: The Lucky Bag | 9/8/1944 | See Source »

...Bagdad beggar who masquerades as a prince (played with characteristic swaggering gusto by Ronald Colman) is a professional adventurer whose resourcefulness and cunning are limited only by the extent of the script writer's familiarity with some of the old Douglas Fairbanks pictures. When the spurious prince sets out to seduce the queen of the dancing girls (Marlene Dietrich), he chucks her roguishly under the chin, calls her "my lady of the moonlight," and describes the lyric delights of life in his mythical kingdom. When he wishes to fool the ruthless Grand Vizier (Edward Arnold), he shoplifts the necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 4, 1944 | 9/4/1944 | See Source »

...nice fantasy idea, handled with a nice sense for prankish complications, A Highland Fling just isn't written with enough gusto or grace. Its romantic moods never quite blend Scotland with fairyland; the thistle is there, but not the thistledown. And its fun is too often tame and even cute - a sort of A. A. Milne version of Tam O'Shanter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, May 8, 1944 | 5/8/1944 | See Source »

...STATEMENT THAT "DOGS DO NOT LIKE THE DEHYDRATED PRODUCTS." DOGS IN OUR RESEARCH KENNELS EAT OUR DEHYDRATED PRODUCT WITH SAME GUSTO AS PREVIOUS CANNED FOOD. . . . ALSO THERE IS ERROR IN STATEMENT THAT DOG FOOD SALES IN U.S. OFF 50% AS COMPARED TO FORMER CANNED DOG FOOD. ONE REASON FOR ERROR IS THAT TOTAL NUMBER OF POUNDS CURRENTLY SOLD IS OF COURSE LESS BECAUSE PRESENT PRODUCT IS DEHYDRATED...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 24, 1944 | 4/24/1944 | See Source »

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