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...year's performance is unusually well-leavened with foreign stars, for now with the war over they have a chance to leave the confusion of Europe and gain the quiet security of the high wire and trapeze. Another influence of the modern scene is a display involving a Junior Jeep, not to mention the tragicomic clown skit with a bright black Atom Smasher. One clown climbs in the machine and...the rest can be imagined...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Circusgoer | 5/20/1947 | See Source »

...other Jews who apparently were wounded fatally in the raid were found dead in a jeep near Acre...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Underground Fighters Free 251 Arabs, Jews from Palestine Prison; New Communist Victories in China | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

...appeals to a Swede. But he will likely find a credit account in heaven for the magnificence of his achievements." In Paris, the Socialists were harder on him. Said Pierre Mignot, a biology teacher: "His Taylor* system marks the beginning of modern slavery." Paris youngsters (who belong to the jeep, not the tin-Lizzie era) did not even know his name, and many an oldster shuddered at it. Said grey-haired Gaston, headwaiter at Lavrue's: " Voyez-vous, Monsieur Ford gave us speed. In the old days, Parisians drove their four-in-hands around the boulevards at a civilized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REFLECTIONS: The Last of an American | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

...acid was thrown. Communists dashed through the streets of Rangoon in a green jeep, shouting: "Rebellion, rebellion! Rise, rise!" A couple of polling booths outside the city were burned. The only bloodshed in Rangoon occurred when a constable accidentally discharged a shotgun into his foot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BURMA: A Little Fruit | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

...task force will consist of one heavy cruiser, four destroyers, and a "Jeep" carrier. The men from the University detachment will probably sail on the cruiser...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NROTC Unit Will Cruise Caribbean With Task Force | 4/15/1947 | See Source »

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