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...poor people of Booger Hollow, Ark., deep in the Ozark Mountains, had taken years & years to save $75 toward building a community house. Last week they invested the $75 in defense bonds, reported the matter to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. Said they: "What good is a community house without freedom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARKANSAS: Mite | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

...hard to laugh the whole investigation off, but at a time like this such laughter rings a bit hollow. When the elected representatives of this country openly declare, as Senator Nye did, that they are "not, as yet, in favor of bringing the question of anti-Semitism into the investigation," then some sort of scepticism regarding their motives might well be expected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Mr. Nye Goes to Hollywood" | 10/2/1941 | See Source »

...decade which began Sept. 18, 1931 echoed with hollow words of peace. It knew no peace worth the name. Down through the decade came the rattle of musketry in the Shanghai Incident (1932), the spit of rifle-fire in the Chaco (1932-35), the bursting of bombs in Ethiopian villages (1935-36), the volleys of firing squads in Spanish bull rings (1936-39), the screams of murdered Chinese civilians (1937-?), the tramp of Nazi boots through Austria (1938) and Czecho-Slovakia (1939), and at last the mounting crescendo of World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Decade of Humiliation | 9/29/1941 | See Source »

Myopic warriors, fighting only to win the immediate engagement, usually find when the battle smoke clears that theirs is a hollow triumph because no one has made sane preparation for the peace. Isolationists like. Chicago's Hutchins hold on this basis that America is not mentally mature enough to make entry in the War worth the cost--that we will make our high-flown pledges meaningless by again torpedoing the peace conference and by again helping create an economic situation in which the vanquished must starve or resort to arms...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sharpening the Fourth Point | 9/29/1941 | See Source »

...South American bug wears a masklike hollow structure on its head which makes it look like a distant alligator. "The resemblance extends to a number of independent details, including the nasal prominence in front, a large false eye behind, bearing a white mark which simulates light reflected from a real eye, and false teeth which are present not merely in color but in relief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Natural Camouflage | 8/4/1941 | See Source »

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