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...half-hour intervals, charges d'affaires of the U.S., Britain and France called on Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky with replies to the Soviet offer to "neutralize" Germany. Though the notes were identical, Vishinsky gravely heard each one read aloud, as if hearing it for the first time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN EUROPE: Two Schools of Thought | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

...opinions and dinner conversations, is currently running in 75 newspapers (at its peak it averaged 90) in the U.S. and abroad. Mrs. Roosevelt writes a monthly question & answer page for McCall's magazine. Before this year's U.N. session, she was doing five radio interviews and a half-hour television show every week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Way Things Are | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

...advantages of a rink all of Harvard's own are tremendous. In the first place, the location would probably be on Soldiers Field, which would put the rink within walking distance of every student, thus cutting out a half-hour subway or automobile ride. The convenience, and the fact that the rink could be used exclusively by Crimson skaters, would give practically everybody a shot at some ice-time. Not only would the varsity and freshman squads get ample practice sessions, but perhaps a junior varsity could be formed with an opportunity for practice...

Author: By James M. Storey, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/22/1952 | See Source »

...sins") wore a mask of interlaced serpents; Sloth was a yawning frog; Lust was masked by lizards. Last of all came La Diabla, the she-devil. With her seductive smile and flouncing skirts, provocatively hoisted as she danced, the tempting she-devil managed to give the archangel a bad half-hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOLIVIA: The Devilishness | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

...results. The outraged mothers saw: 13 murders and assorted killings, 14 sluggings, six kidnapings, five holdups, three explosions, three instances of blackmail and extortion, three thefts, two armed robberies, two cases of arson, one lynching, one torture scene and one miscarriage. One mother clocked 104 gunshots during a half-hour serial; another found sudden death "shudderingly described" 14 times in 20 minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Gun, Gat & Rod | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

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