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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...conferees found nothing to feel smug about. "The imprint of Christian culture in Asia is lighter than the West assumes," said Visser 't Hooft. Said Dr. Mackay, president of Princeton Theological Seminary,' who has spent the past two months in the Far East: "There's a tremendous void in the heart of East Asia. The ancient religions are unable to explain the revolutionary changes that are taking place, or have no adequate ideas or attitudes with which to meet them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Crisis in the East | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Even. In St. Joseph, Mo., when a 17-year-old customer returned to the Townsend and Wall department store to complain that a costly cigarette lighter he had bought was no good, the store retorted that neither was his check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 19, 1949 | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Private Noel Moncaster, of the Royal Pioneer Corps stationed at Luneburg, had already had a drink or two too many when he spotted a seductive fraulein on a street corner. She invited him to a party and Noel accepted. That was in May 1947. Last week, lighter by 35 Ibs. and a good deal sadder & wiser, Private Moncaster reported back to British regimental headquarters in Berlin, to explain his long absence; the "party" had lasted two years and seven months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Lorelei & the Private | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...course women strongly favour presents with the personal touch. Where a cigarette lighter will not fill the bill, a plant, print, cashmeer sweater, paper weight or the right book might...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson's Handy Shoppers' Guide Tells What to Buy for Him Her | 12/8/1949 | See Source »

...diplomat, Florman is president of the Cleevelandt Corp., manufacturers of scientific and mechanical devices. Born in Poland, naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1917, he has traveled widely but has never been to South America. His only previous contact with diplomacy has been rather remote: he designed an ornate lighter which President Roosevelt gave to Premier Joseph Stalin at Yalta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Friendly Showman | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

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