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In the wild rout that followed the battle, Brady reached Washington with his duster begrimed and his straw hat limp with sweat. But in his negative box were the first of his series of great war photographs. As soon as the plates were developed, he exhibited them in his Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: History on Plates | 2/18/1946 | See Source »

We are Indebted to Dean Hanford for reviving this old story to emphasize that the General Education Report must be discussed from the point of view of the student. So far this term, most Harvard students have been pretty apathetic about the General Education proposals, and consequently a lot of...

Author: By James G. Trager jr., | Title: Council Reports of '31, '39, '40, and '42 Gave "Student Opinion" On Education | 11/9/1945 | See Source »

Mrs. James Joyce has hitherto been noted chiefly for her comment after reading Ulysses: "I guess the man's a genius, but what a dirty mind he has, surely!" Now Joyce's admirers find themselves deeply indebted to this quiet, unpublicized woman for Stephen Hero, a fragment of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rough Portrait | 2/26/1945 | See Source »

A New Director? There was also the problem of the Suez Canal. Like Egypt, King Farouk was still making political payments on a predecessor's sins. The world was indebted to them too. For 75 years ago Khedive Ismail Pasha had defrayed the costs of his irrepressible gallantries by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Some Riddles for the Sphinx | 2/19/1945 | See Source »

"I am, therefore, greatly indebted to my friend, the illustrious President of the United States, four times summoned by popular vote to the headship of the most powerful community in the world, for his definition of power politics. With that marvelous gift which he has of bringing troublesome issues down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Speech | 1/29/1945 | See Source »

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