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...Board wishes to have it understood that it is in entire sympathy with plans for the effective rolling back of prices . . . and for the imposition of heavier taxes to check inflationary incomes and profits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign at Home | 8/2/1943 | See Source »

...anger and hatred, but ... it must be emphasized that Rome is indeed something without equal. ... It would have been possible to make Rome an open city. . . . The Holy Father is also not unaware that other towns have suffered terribly . . . that injuring of the mystical body of Christ weighs heavier than the destruction of stone houses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VATICAN: Unusual Affliction | 8/2/1943 | See Source »

Faulkner's neighbors were still more amazed when they saw the fruit of these monkeyshines. Faulkner's tomatoes, heavier than average, brought premium prices; he grew sweet potatoes in two months instead of the normal four; he harvested five pickings of beans instead of the usual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Down With the Plow | 7/26/1943 | See Source »

...Heavier landing craft, following in, brought more troops, light vehicles, anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns. Then as the beachheads were established, the Army started its materiel pouring in-armored cars, field artillery, heavy trucks, supplies, ordnance repair crews, signal equipment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF SICILY: Overseas Operations | 7/19/1943 | See Source »

...front as a whole the Russians outnumber the Axis. According to a nonofficial estimate from London last week, the Red Army has some 265 divisions disposed along or immediately behind the front, with its heaviest forces massed south of Moscow against a still heavier concentration. The precise strengths and dispositions of those forces are unknown, but the map on p. 25 represents the best guesses available last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF RUSSIA: Victory is a Fighting Word | 7/5/1943 | See Source »

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