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...pursued as a task in operations, just as rearmament is a task in operations, and it had to be carried out without concessions on vital points, e.g.: abandonment of Asia to the Communists. Only if it failed would the second alternative be a choice, and it would be a Hobson's choice. The isolationists heard by the country last week were men who were ready to give up just as the great test was beginning...
...years of writing and editing, Wilder Hobson, 44, has specialized in the good things of life. Long a member of the staffs of TIME and FORTUNE (off & on from 1928 to 1949), he is an enthusiastic judge of such high-priced consumer goods as yachts, racing cars and evening gowns (none of which he owns), is also a trombone-playing musicologist (American Jazz Music) and novelist (All Summer Long...
Last week Yaleman Hobson moved into a job well calculated to suit a carriage-trade taste. He became managing editor of Harper's Bazaar (circ. 340,605), Sanhedrin of the high-fashion world. Hobson replaces Frances MacFadden, who retired after 18 years in the post. As the new M.E., Hobson will be chiefly concerned with Bazaar's non-fashion articles. But he will also read fashion copy and make criticisms from a man's point of view. Explained Editor Carmel Snow: "I think a man is terribly good for woman editors-I don't just mean...
...Hobson put it somewhat differently. Said he: "My connection with the fashion operation of Harper's Bazaar is at best gossamer. However, at what Cole Porter has described as the charming age of puberty, I ceased drawing racing automobiles and began to draw women, with equal detail, and with what I like to think was even more combustible effect...
Considering that Frankie came from the U.S., the quality of this smile was enough to make a critic marvel. Marveled Hobson...