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Anathemas upon you for your ironical description of Mr. Rockefeller as "a Baptist by birth but a Christian by conviction" (TIME, Feb. 12).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 12, 1945 | 3/12/1945 | See Source »

Britons had never hated the enemy as they did now, or lived in a more ironical compound of hope & fear. Anyone could see that Jerry was licked. But though he could not win by it, he was slamming over every flying bomb he had on hand before the Allied troops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF ENGLAND: The Cornered Becst | 9/4/1944 | See Source »

"Did it ever strike you how ridiculous is the attitude of many whites toward color? Take the situation here. It's a downright disgrace to be white. I mean that literally. I have seen folks come here with gleaming white skins and they are in such a hurry to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shades of Opinion | 8/28/1944 | See Source »

To many investors the court decisions of last week seemed ironical. The reorganization plans were drawn up during depression years by a pessimistic ICC which set the limit on fixed charges at what the railroads could earn in lean years. But these plans now got the green light at the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: Stockholders Lose | 1/3/1944 | See Source »

Lately the movement has received fresh and ironical support-from the U.S. Government itself. When Argentines read and hear that the U.S. is now appeasing Dictator Franco, they can hardly believe that Franco's Hispanidad is as bad as U.S. spokesmen make out.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Hispanidad v. Pan America | 4/26/1943 | See Source »

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