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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...British Army and Navy (along with the French) have not undertaken any great decisive action at the front or on the seas (see p. 31). But even if and when they do, even if some great attack should sweep the Germans out of the ocean, some air armada lay Berlin in the dust, some huge offensive run the Reich's soldiers all the way through Prussia and chase Herr Hitler off his cliff at Berchtesgaden, it may well be that these are not the deeds of which Britain will be proudest in World War II. It may be that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: After Boadicea | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

...James Street that houses the Syracuse (N. Y.) Museum of Fine Arts. Cause: the assembling, judging and opening of the eighth annual National Ceramic Exhibition. For ceramists, the occasion was excuse for a jolly get-together, as well as a chance to see what other designers were up to. Lay folk could admire and be amused by the assorted exhibits. Sum of their reaction: bric-a-brac is coming back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Mantelpiece Art | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

HUNTSMAN, WHAT QUARRY?-Edna St. Vincent Mil lay-Harper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Food for Light Thought | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

...conviction that the drastic action of last June was unnecessary lay beneath all these protests. But the so-called "Committee to Save Education at Harvard" differs in one way from its forerunners. Enough time has passed since the first kicks were made over the firing of the professors for this act to jell into the symbol of a policy the committee fears. And it is on the basis of this concern that it now makes an appeal for student support...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONCERN FOR A CAUSE | 10/6/1939 | See Source »

...than a mile and a half from London's West End could stay open until 10 p. m. Instantly members of the leftwing, nose-thumbing Unity Theatre Club-whose Babes in the Wood last winter razzed "Wicked Uncle" Chamberlain-laid down a tape measure, found that their playhouse lay just outside the proscribed area. Next instant song & lyric writers rolled up their shirt sleeves, sweated for 36 hours on end, turned out a Sandbag Follies in 20 scenes, which opened last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: We Haven't Got the Jitters | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

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