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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...call came from London. The "Army of Liberation" was coming from Soviet Russia. There was not too much reason to expect that the call can be heeded by nine million Czechoslovaks who, in chains and humiliation, are forced to produce huge quantities of weapons for their German masters. There was some doubt whether Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov's forces will be, unequivocally, an army of liberation. But all the way from London to Russia, throughout the human mass of tension and torture that is Europe, there is little doubt that Czechoslovakia's experience with liberation will answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: The Art of Survival | 3/27/1944 | See Source »

Initiated over a year ago, the Radio Rough House proved to be a huge success with both students and faculty alike. Besides the dancing and refreshments to add to the festive spirit of the occasion, each Radio Rough House has been highlighted by a show presented by the members of the staff for the student body. This time, the original "Slide Rule Symphony," which practically "tore down the house" when it was first presented last year and has never failed to leave its audience in other than an hysteric frame of mind, is expected to repeat its past performances...

Author: By Yeoman RICHARD Brill, | Title: Naval Training School | 3/24/1944 | See Source »

Marshal Georgy Zhukov's men battled in the streets of Tarnopol (see map). This 400-year-old town is a gateway to the great fortress of Lwow; the key to the fate of the German armies in the Ukraine. To hold it, the Germans rushed in huge reinforcements (a Red scouting plane saw a column of 400 tanks), emplaced guns on a hill dominating the town, fought for every house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Catastrophe | 3/20/1944 | See Source »

...substance is a protein with a huge, complex molecule of a type known as a euglobulin. It is called pure pituitary growth hormone. From two pounds of the front part of beef pituitary glands, Dr. Li extracts about a thousandth of an ounce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Pure Hormone | 3/20/1944 | See Source »

Warning: too much of the hormone, especially in adults, produces acromegaly, a form of giantism characterized by huge hands, feet and lower jaws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Pure Hormone | 3/20/1944 | See Source »

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