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...exactly what stake, political and economic, this country has in an Allied victory. He has not said yes or no to the question of whether we should advance credit to the Allies. The country has to depend on "inside" newspaper stories to find out. The Government says a well-informed public opinion is necessary to an intelligent foreign policy, but does nothing to inform...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNBLEACHED WHITE | 5/1/1940 | See Source »

...client, Mrs. Nance, after she had called him down from London to give her treatments. In 15 years of blindness, Duncan has learned to use his other senses with extraordinary acuteness, has even learned to repress his visual fantasies, thinking in terms of touch, hearing, smell. Handshakes and voices inform him of individuals he meets, except for Mrs. Nance's niece, Sophie Madron, who intrigues him by not shaking hands. He deduces that she is a more passionate as well as a more fastidious person than the others, and soon finds evidence that he is right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: English Literary Horizon | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

...purpose of the supposed group, which would be known as "The Citizens Committee of Massachusetts, Inc." would be to "Inform the citizens of the state concerning the pari-mutual system of betting and to encourage in initiative or referendum regarding pari-mutual botting in Massachusetts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT LOWELL ENDORSES PETITION AGAINST GAMBLING | 3/16/1940 | See Source »

...promptly placed on view the cablegram from Sir Howard Kennard to Viscount Halifax on which the latter based his assurance to Germany. Wired British Ambassador Sir Howard: "Colonel Josef Beck, Polish Foreign Minister, most grateful for the proposed reply to Herr Hitler, authorizes His Majesty's Government to inform German Government that Poland is ready to enter at once into direct discussion with Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Scarcely Believable | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

...clock to 4:30 daily, exclusive of morning workouts, the boys wave their arms at the bottom of the bath. A typical session might consist of the following: to being with, a little kicking with the board to limber up the calf and thigh muscles; then, Coach Ulen will inform you to "swim ten laps at three-quarter speed." That usually means 250 yards about us fast as you can go, because five other follows who also want to make the varsity will be swimming with...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/9/1939 | See Source »

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