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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Certain Leaders." The trouble was, the President said, that the Russian leaders simply wouldn't live up to their contracts. They had no morals. "I am exceedingly sorry for that, because the Russian people are a great people. If the Russian people had a voice in the government of Russia, I am sure that we would have no trouble." Then, in a grave but still casual manner, the President added...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENTCY: Lunch with the Boys | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

Santa glumly takes off. "Then as he flew over the Atlantic, his radio caught the chimes of Moscow, and there were choruses of children's voices, jolly, singing, laughing. 'That lucky guy, Grandfather Frost. He brings them what they want. . . Things to live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROPAGANDA: Soviet Soap Opera | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

Last week, in front of Jogjakarta's nameless hotel, the people no longer shouted friendly greetings; they had only glum, sullen stares for white men. Said a Dutch official: "Indonesians, like the Dutch, would rather live in a leaky sod hut of their own than in the finest foreign-built building. Will Indonesians have another building of their own? Now they are not sure. When they come to trust us to give them independence, as we promised, they will work with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Merdeka! | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

When Ben Hogan quits tournament golf, he wants to own a stable of race horses. Meanwhile, after twelve years of living in hotel rooms, he wanted a home. He prefers California. Says he: "Anybody who doesn't live in California is a victim of circumstances." But because Valerie Hogan still prefers Fort Worth, that's where he bought his new Colonial-style house three months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Little Ice Water | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

Baby-Face & Sugar-Daddy. Lawrence took only a few more stabs at Bertie. "What's the good of living as you do?" he complained. "Why don't you drop overboard? . . . Do become a creature instead of a mechanical instrument . . . start at the very beginning and be a perfect baby . . . Oh, and I want to ask you, when you make your will, do leave me enough to live on . . . My love to you. Stop working and being an ego . . . Are you still cross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dear Bertie | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

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