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...baffled Britisher buttonholed a U.S. reporter, begged him to "show me which of these things represent the American form of art. They all look French to me." When the correspondent pointed out regional Americana by Thomas Benton and John Steuart Curry, the Englishman said "Hmmm, thank you," and slowly walked away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The American Taste | 6/24/1946 | See Source »

Advice to prospective husbands will be given free by Ensigns Stein, Murray, Selzer, and M. C. Smith. They're all still wearing good conduct bars, too. Hmmm. (This was brought to our attention by Long John Smith of the Miss. hills...

Author: By The PEARSON Twins, | Title: *The Lucky Bag* | 3/27/1945 | See Source »

...hmmm. Coming at a time when most Americans are thinking about death in battle, Tender Comrade makes an arduous pretense of facing that tragic fact. But most of the film is a low-gear report about the hard times and good times of War Wives Rogers, Patricia Collinge, Kim Hunter, Ruth Hussey and Mady Christians. They work in an airplane plant, eat and sleep in a house which they run "like a democracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Mar. 27, 1944 | 3/27/1944 | See Source »

...about to take her out when the radio interrupts with the news that her husband's ship has been sunk. Another wife answers Ginger's "Gee, aren't men fools" with "Yeh, but aren't they sweet." (Ginger's eloquent reply: "Mm-hmmm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Mar. 27, 1944 | 3/27/1944 | See Source »

...sergeant, hmmm? Do you have trouble being recognized at night? Do your men ignore you in the dark, huh, Sarge? See Joe Quartermaster and get your neon sergeant stripes. There's a pushbutton attachment. The slightest pressure and presto, your stripes light up like a Christmas tree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: G.I. Network | 3/13/1944 | See Source »

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