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After the hectic day Minnesota's Administrative Vice-President Malcolm Willy said "The showing of the "Hoaxters" in conjunction with "New China" might well have raised in the minds of its viewers question whether "the Hoaxters" is the best kind of propaganda film that could be devised."CHARLIE CHAPLIN...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tennessee Drops Two Films Made Thirty Years Ago | 5/15/1953 | See Source »

...clock one morning last week, Italy's Communists, fellow-traveling Nenni Socialists and their strange allies, the monarcho-fascists, opened their last-ditch battle against Premier Alcide de Gasperi's electoral reform bill. Not until 76 hectic hours later did the battle end. The chamber of the Italian Senate by then was a shambles of broken chairs, torn books and blood spatters; at least a dozen wounded Senators and Cabinet Ministers stumbled about in the wreckage. But the unholy alliance had lost and refused even to cast its votes. The final vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: De Gasperi's Victory | 4/6/1953 | See Source »

Nine out of ten prospective retailers gamble their physical energy and mental capacity in the hectic field of buying...

Author: By John J. Iselin, | Title: Retailing: Harrowing, Hustling, and Expanding | 3/27/1953 | See Source »

This incident is the closest that McGann has been to active political and diplomatic involvement with Person. He feels that foreign service work is too hectic for a family life, and he is content to work from the scholarly angle. On his window sill are several boxes filled with notes for a book he plans to write...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Uncle Tom's Cabana | 2/6/1953 | See Source »

Mamie Eisenhower, who has kept house in everything from a two-room flat to a French chateau, was undaunted by her new job. After the first few hectic days, the White House was running with the quiet precision of a watchmaker's convention at a Swiss inn. Mamie, already busy with the endless receiving line, had the situation well in hand. Most Washington observers were agreed that if anyone could make the White House a home, Mamie could, and Mamie would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAPITAL: Mamie's Week | 2/2/1953 | See Source »

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