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And as, in the Balkans, the conviction spread that a fateful decision had been made and a great attack was impending; as the British-Italian trade agreement broke down; as Swedish public opinion split on the question of aid to the Finns and King Haakon of Norway hurried to Stockholm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The World Over | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

Comparative scores are impossible to overlook in the impending wrestling match with Yale, but at points they are deceiving, especially when the outcome of the Harvard-Columbia meet is figured in. Even so, they point out one thing; and that is that the Crimson team is slightly favored today at...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Wrestlers Slightly Favored in Today's Encounter With Yale | 3/2/1940 | See Source »

Nobody quite succeeded in fixing the pattern. Nobody was surprised that President Roosevelt appointed Frank Murphy to succeed Pierce Butler on the Supreme Court; that Solicitor General Robert Jackson stepped up to the Attorney-Generalship (and maybe to a better starting position, said the Washington Post, for a run for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: New Pattern | 1/15/1940 | See Source »

Last week, with a legislative Donnybrook impending over New York's newly voted pari-mutuel system, Manhattan turf writers had plenty to write about. So no

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Spanish Custom | 1/15/1940 | See Source »

The nerves of every living thing in Anatolia vibrated like taut catgut to the first, subaudible, microseismic music of an impending earthquake. The slow vibration became a horrible hum, and grew, like the sound of approaching bombers. Then the shock hit.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: 16 Miles Under | 1/8/1940 | See Source »

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