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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lyons was graduated cum laude from Radcliffe in 1917. Before her marriage in 1921, she taught English and Latin at Norwell High--School. Mrs. Lyons was living at 24 Vale Road, where the family has resided for 26 years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Margaret Lyons, Wife Of Nieman Head, Dies | 2/1/1949 | See Source »

Accepting the inevitable, the U.S. last week recognized the military governments of Venezuela and El Salvador. Before doing so, the State Department had gone about as far as it could to discourage power-hungry army men elsewhere in Latin America. At the order of President Truman (TIME, Jan. 10), it had put off the Venezuelan recognition for two months. But when it asked other Latin American governments for advice, their almost unanimous answer was, in effect: "Face the unpleasant facts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEMISPHERE: Recognition | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

...gaily, in complicated rhythms (as in Anything Goes). He can match a pointedly off-color lyric with an insinuating tune (as in My Heart Belongs to Daddy). But the true Porter hallmark is cut in the bittersweet lament of What Is This Thing Called Love? and in the sultry, Latin fervor of Begin the Beguine, I've Got You Under My Skin, In the Still of the Night and Get Out of Town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Professional Amateur | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

Sharks & Whales. Since 1946, Rock Bros, has poured $7,000,000 into Nelson's International Basic Economy Corp., which starts new Latin American businesses in partnership with local capital. Another $5,000,000 has gone into such varied enterprises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTMENT: Rock Bros., Inc. | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

...Freeman (e.g., Van Wyck Brooks and Suzanne La Follette) knew where he lived. It was an office joke that the only way to communicate with him was by leaving a letter under a certain stone in Central Park. He was an expert billiard player, a master of Greek, Latin and Hebrew, and a seasoned music critic. He was in the U.S. foreign service, serving under Ambassador Brand Whitlock in occupied Belgium in World War I. Since he had also been an Episcopal clergyman, his diary is studded with the names of such people as New York's Bishop Manning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Commentator | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

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