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One day a couple of months ago a wiry, bristly man with large ears and a happy Irish face strode into the editorial offices of the New York Sun and asked for a job. The Sun's executives snapped the applicant up. He was mnemonic John Kieran, for 16...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: From Times to Sun | 1/4/1943 | See Source »

I suppose the least Christmasy Christmas of all will be George Johnston's in New Guinea. Steamy jungles, evil-smelling swamps and man-high kunai grass are no substitutes for holly wreaths, nor the whine of Jap bullets for jingle bells, as most all the men out there will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 28, 1942 | 12/28/1942 | See Source »

It didn't during and after the last war. Foolish women paid $80 for $10.95 dresses; $18.50 for $4.50 shoes; $100 rent for $30 apartments; $3.95 for $1.25 hose; $2.95 for 50? cosmetics. The younger generation don't believe us when we tell them we realize we were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 16, 1942 | 11/16/1942 | See Source »

> May the hard-won spurs of hard-headed social workers long jingle, jangle, jingle. - ED.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 14, 1942 | 9/14/1942 | See Source »

Where to Spend It? Military law allows few pleasure domes. Sporting ladies are scarce. Stores have no difficulty selling anything they can get. Books disappear from shelves as quickly as the dealers put them there. Customers ask music dealers for records of Jingle, Jangle, Jingle or He Wears a Pair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jingle Jangle Honolulu | 9/7/1942 | See Source »

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