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Harmonious, too, were the denials of U.S., Brazilian and Portuguese officials that as a birthday present Portugal had given Brazil a first lien on the Azores, the Cape Verde and possibly other Portuguese islands in the Atlantic. A score of years ago there was actually a popular movement in Portugal to join Brazil, her onetime colony which has far outgrown her. To many statesmen it now seems at least as logical that Brazil should protect Portugal's possessions as that the U.S. should protect Britain's. And if Brazil is not strong enough to do so alone, then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Nation's Birthday | 9/15/1941 | See Source »

...twist. A few Administration corners buzzed with it. Provoked by 1 ) the problem of U.S. morale, and 2) the perplexing question of what will happen to the economy when defense spending ends, the New Dealers thought about killing both birds with one stone by giving U.S. youth a Keynesian lien on the Peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Return of Cassandra | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

Divinity School Scholarships were given to Maurice W. Armstrong; Oliver S. Beltz; Richard Cummings, John R. Dallinger; John Daugman; Howard F. Dunn; Ward J. Fellows; John H. Gerstner; William H. Gysan; Gleen P. Holman; Robert LaV. Jacobs; Carl K. Lien; John A. Martin; Edwin A. Olson; Howard E. Runner; Clarence A. Wagner; and Clement W. Welsh...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Awards Given Divinity Students Total $8,925 | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

...particular I would like to praise the work of Captain Joe Gardella in the backfield and Chub Peabody in the line. The lien rushed us on passes so that we couldn't get our aerial attack going," asserted the Michigan candidate for the back-of-the-year honors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARLOW'S ELEVEN "HIT HARD" ADMITS HARMON AFTER GAINING 123 YARDS | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

...Navy support, the chief owners of Cramp's-Harriman interests, holders of over 90% of the mortgages-got under way. Tall, blue-eyed, soft-spoken Banker Joseph Pierce Ripley of Harriman, Ripley & Co. settled with skeptical councilmen for $100,000. The Navy settled a $1,000,000 financing lien for another $100,000. Ripley announced a plan whereby the mortgages ($5,338,000, including interest) will be exchanged for about 100,000 shares of common stock in a new Cramp's Shipbuilding Co. Another 100,000 shares will be publicly sold to raise $1,000,000 in working...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPBUILDING: Rebirth of a Giant | 9/23/1940 | See Source »

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