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...that he lacked self-confidence. Mitsumasa Yonai knew that he had in him the genes of command. Nearly six feet tall, weighing 188 pounds, with airplane shoulders and a tri-motor voice, big of hands and feet and manner, he had always dominated littler men. His nickname-The White Elephant-was one of awe, and had none of the Occidental connotations of that phrase. It referred to his size; his exceptionally fair and aristocratic complexion, accented in its whiteness by his hair, black and shiny as a phonograph record; and his appearance of strength and wisdom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Son of a Samurai | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

Along with these big little names, there are a hundred littler writers who hew much closer to the Nazi Party Line and whose books and pamphlets, simply written and well printed, are creating a National Socialist popular literature. Nazi poets write in fervid, ABC language. Sample verse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Blood-thinking | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

Though we may get furious with Hitler if we're not of Aryan race, Let's remember that when he was littler someone called him Angelface...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Hitler Had a Mother | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

Lured away by the prospect of seeing an epic gridiron struggle and by a desire to find out what the Yale team looks like under fire, Time Out took a journey to New Haven on Saturday. The epic struggle was there alright and Yale with littler Albie Both in the Starring role looked pretty fine under fire; so the trip was a success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

...Littler Pie Co., Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retail Mergers | 8/17/1925 | See Source »

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