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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...claim to be any expert critic of art, far from it. But I do think . . . that drivel that you print as Art by Matisse stinks. His masterpieces look like the work of a patient in a mental institution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 19, 1948 | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

Congress took over the problems of U.S. war strategy last week. As G.O.P. leaders gave defense bills the right of way, committees in both House and Senate began writing their concept of what the biggest peacetime military establishment in the nation's history should look like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The People's Strategists | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

Over Finland's state-controlled radio Paasikivi himself set the sugary tone. Said he: "We can look with confidence toward the future." In Moscow, Prime Minister Pekkala had already thanked the Soviet Union for its "benevolent attitude." Editors and politicians took the official cue. Finland, which had wanted no treaty at all, found itself rejoicing at having made the "best possible deal under the circumstances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Sugar-Coated Treaty | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

...meet the outcry against differences in rates between different sections of the country,* the government ordered the Board of Transport Commissioners to look into the possibility of equalizing rates. It would take about a year, and in the end it would probably mean little, but on paper it looked nice. Furthermore, the survey might help to quiet Liberals from the Maritimes and the West who had joined the Opposition in protesting the new charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: The Great Compromiser | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

...wait till one horse passeth quietly close by and giveth thee the Knowing Look...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Chinese Dopester Tells All | 4/17/1948 | See Source »

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