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Bernard Baruch's friends handed him a 76th birthday present which everybody earnestly hoped would look just as jolly to the world a decade hence. It was a playful Derso-&-Kelen cartoon of Baruch and fellow delegates to the Atomic Energy Commission, all dressed up like Dumas' jolly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Homing Pigeons | 9/2/1946 | See Source »

The Accolade. A more or less astonished Senate committee listened to George explain his qualifications for the job. "I very badly want to be confirmed by you gentlemen," said George soberly. Then he cut loose with his best comedy routine. The Senators almost died laughing. Would George give up his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: The Regular Guys | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

British moviemakers, puzzled by U.S. cinemorality, want a serious answer to this question. For the past fortnight, the man who knows all anyone needs to know about U.S. censorship has been in London trying to explain it in simple English. It is a tough job-even for the Johnston Office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cleavage & The Code | 8/5/1946 | See Source »

The people tried their best to sing Vienna's lustige Lieder (jolly songs), but it was not easy. A current favorite revival was "In the Prater the trees bloom again," but few Viennese could sing it without remembering that their Prater amusement park was a mass of charred plaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Blues | 7/29/1946 | See Source »

At noon Frank Anderson called a halt. His shirt and overalls were mushy with sweat, dust and chaff. At the house plump, jolly Zula Anderson had everything on the table the minute the men finished at the back-porch sink-fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, tomatoes, beets, bread & butter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: Frank Anderson's Wheat | 7/15/1946 | See Source »

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