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...they also expose their motivations, wills, characters. Anyone could decide, on the evidence of Rembrandt's pictures of this period, whether he would have lent his sitters money, married them or bet on their futures. They are for the most part resolute, weathered, resigned faces, expert at concealment, hav-ing the drama and depth of authentic human beings...
Normandie came clipping into Havre from her first voyage to Manhattan hav-ing broken once again last week the galaxy of records she first broke fortnight before (TIME, June 10). She averaged 29.68 knots for the westward transatlantic course, then 30.31 knots for the run home. Best previous average was Rex's 28.92 knots on the longer South Atlantic route. Last week Normandie's time from Ambrose Lightship to Bishop's Rock was 4 days, 3 hours, 28 minutes, thus decisively disposing of Bremen's 4 day-16 hour-15 minute record (Ambrose Lightship to Cherbourg...
...gets printed. When hospitable wags of the Kenwood Golf Club gave him a two-ounce bottle of whiskey marked "A Year's Supply," adding the gift of five toy battleships, not only did Washington columnists recount the hilarity at length but even printed that, four of the battleships hav-ing disappeared, Ambassador Saito tucked the last in his pocket, sardonically remarking: "Ah, such is justice in this world." During last year's London Conference, when Japanese delegates were trying to argue Japan up from the inferiority of 5-5-3 to 5-5-5, the Washington Embassy switched...
...carriers made news last week which pointedly documented Historian Beard's indictment. As Wall Street had long expected, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (mileage: 11,226) acknowledged itself in financial difficulties. Hav-ing failed to meet a maturing bond issue, it announced that it would present a reorganization plan before July i. Only seven years ago it emerged from a notoriously expensive reorganization managed by Kuhn. Loeb & Co. But instead of permanently paring the road's topheavy debt, the reorganization reduced fixed charges little, and the total capitalization was actually increased...
...many monarchs can take a revolution with the bland aplomb of Siam's spunky little King Prajadhipok who, hav-ng been through three in the past two years, last week faced his fourth...