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Finnish-Russian peace negotiations were still in the never-never stage of rumor and 'hind-scenes talk. One fact was known: the Finnish Government still refused to accept Russian terms which-to everybody but the Finns-had seemed surprisingly mild...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: NO HURRY IN HELSINKI | 4/24/1944 | See Source »

...year-old daughter Nancy, and his friend, the Marquis de Visdelou-Guimbeau, whose coat of arms is three wolves with their tongues hanging out. Then he dove into his car, told the driver to race for home. There Grisou, the Maltese "alibi" cat, stood on his hind legs at the window, making strong noises in his throat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BAHAMAS: Killer at Large | 11/22/1943 | See Source »

Paramount must be credited, to be sure, with letting Mr. Cooper murmur the no longer sensational news that Spain was a training ground for World War II. But that is about as impressive as the hind sight volubility of an upside-down parrot. Considering the particular hour and climate of world history which the Bell dramatizes, Paramount's executives have kept an almost divine political detachment. Says Chairman of the Board Adolph Zukor: "It is a great picture, without political significance. We are not for or against anybody." Says Director Sam Wood: "It is a love story against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: For Whom? | 8/2/1943 | See Source »

Every day last week six tax strategists, Democrats and Republicans, sweated be hind closed doors, trying to write a tax bill acceptable to everybody. At week's end a pay-as-you-go tax bill at last seemed in sight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Progress | 5/3/1943 | See Source »

...Long Island's traditional Derby preview. Few days before, in a tune-up race (his 1943 debut) on a sloppy track, he had proved that he could run in any kind of going. This time, against the cream of the three-year-old crop and despite a gashed hind leg, he really showed his class. From the time he entered the backstretch, where he overtook Blue Swords, his chief rival, he made the race a runaway. His time (1:43 flat) was only f of a second slower than the track record for a mile-and-a-sixteenth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Count of Stoner Creek | 4/26/1943 | See Source »

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