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...royal visit was plainly calculated as a gesture which would impress and cheer up the 250,000 unhappy, German-speaking Italian Tyroleans, former subjects of the pomp-displaying Habsburg emperors, more than any blustering, oratorical visit by II Duce could. Living quietly in Naples, the tall, 33-year-old heir to the crown of Italy has been none too ardent a believer in Fascism, has silently but successfully sidestepped Fascist activities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Royal Wooing | 6/13/1938 | See Source »

...toward democracy. In recent Communist thought Lincoln, Jefferson, and Tom Paine have assumed a stature comparable to that of Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. However much this may surprise the bourgeoisie, Communists planned it that way. This week they also planned their convention and its publicized dramatics to impress upon all U. S. minds a man, a policy, a party, a program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: Rain Check on Revolution | 5/30/1938 | See Source »

...land, Eliot softballers covered themselves with glory as they downed Kirkland 11 to 7 to capture the circuit title with an unblemished record. Steve Madey pitched for the winners, but failed to impress the Deacon batters; Eliot was tied with Kirkland at 7 all going into the last frame, after trailing throughout the game. With bases loaded and no outs, George Reed took the honors of the day by banging out a homer. The four run margin was more than enough for the Elephants...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot, Kirkland Boats Win Trial Heats | 5/18/1938 | See Source »

...realized he had been through savage country until he came out and heard the same scare stories all over again. Venezuela officials were touchy hysterics, but no worse than nuisances; the Indians were merely poor. He grew a beard, however, since without one, said other explorers, his trip would impress no one and he would never get his picture in the rotogravure sections at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Magnetic Traveler | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

Despite a 9-4 victory over Tufts yesterday, the Varsity lacrosse team failed to impress in its first home game. Sloppy work both on the defense and the offense prevented the stickmen from rolling up an impressive score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Lacrosse Squad Defeats Tufts | 4/21/1938 | See Source »

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