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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cairo Conference (1943) promised Formosa to China; Chinese Communists could argue that Formosa, and its 6,400,000 people, belong to China. Instead of reassuring Asiatics, the sending of U.S. troops might provoke more enmity than friendliness for Western democracy; Asiatics might look upon it as a demonstration of white imperialism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Time for Action? | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...vote so often with the Democrats and why don't you run on the Democratic ticket?" Glib Wayne Morse, a maverick on the Republican range who voted with the Democrats three times out of four in the 81st Congress, took nine minutes to answer it. Look up the Republican platform, he said, and you will find that the Morse record closely followed it. Other questioners wanted to know about the Columbia Valley Administration and the Administration's health insurance bill. He opposed CVA, he explained, because it would take control of the Northwest from the states and hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Meet the People | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...holding office must look to his reputation," he began. "Now that I have been accused of robbing the public purse, I intend to show by documents that these charges are false. And since Prensa and Nación have echoed these uncalled-for calumnies, I now intend to see that these accusers are brought to justice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: A Man's Reputation | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Lauren Bacall cleared her throat in Hollywood and came out flatly against cheesecake: "It's a fallacy to think you look sexy just because you're wearing a low-cut gown or a tight sweater. You do it with a look ... or with your voice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Entrances & Exits | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Walter Stuempfig is a stoop-shouldered Philadelphian with an unruly little mustache and a worried look. He has less to worry about than most artists, for at 35 Stuempfig is a solid critical and popular success: he has sold out three one-man shows in six years and won a reputation as the foremost young "romantic" painter in the U.S. Stuempfig's latest exhibition, which opened in a Manhattan gallery last week, did nothing to diminish that reputation, but it did raise a question : How romantic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Romantic Mood | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

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