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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The gates were opened and the crowd swirled around the train. Someone handed the President a copy of an early election-night edition of the Truman-hating Chicago Tribune with a banner line: DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN, and he held up the paper to the crowd, grinning.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Most Wonderful Thing | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

Before the "informal" wartime period, the 1942 team was without the services of its captain Don Forte for all but four games. Right and Ferto, whose one-handed pass catch had clinched the 1941 Yale game, chipped his ankle in a pre-season scrimmage and did not play a minute...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Injuries Have Hit 6 of Last 7 Football Captains, from MacDonald to O'Donnell | 11/13/1948 | See Source »

Rawest Deal? The Labor government's bill, made public three days later, called for the nationalization of 107 companies, accounting for over 90% of the whole industry and 300,000 workers. Private owners would be compensated at the market value of their holdings. The Tories immediately roared with pain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Here They Come! | 11/8/1948 | See Source »

Brought before the Circus Saints and Sinners as their 100th "fall guy," Socialist Presidential Candidate Norman Thomas took it from 1,200 guests, but he also dished it out. Handed a "diamond-studded" soapbox and a microphone (marked WIND), Thomas cracked: "I think I know why you gave me this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Nov. 8, 1948 | 11/8/1948 | See Source »

Tomorrow. In a German high school, the boys were asked to write a composition "On the future of Germany," and to state their opinions truly and fearlessly. All the compositions sounded much like this one, which a "quiet boy" handed in:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Outward Signs | 11/8/1948 | See Source »

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