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...very sad to see what love can do towards regenerating these two kids-who-never-had-much-of-a-break-in-the-world. But the real, soggy lump in the throat during all the love scenes is that you know, and Dane knows, that Geraldine may cork off at any moment; and that Geraldine doesn't know it at all. The makers of this movie, not caring how morbidly sentimental they got, obviously hope that it will tear your heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Sep. 6, 1948 | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...train and pay in French francs. In Belgium a little later they could eat the same lunch, but the Belgian rate of exchange made the meal cost three times as much. If a delegate had a cup of coffee while the train was in France, he got one lump of sugar. In Belgium, he could have two lumps. In The Netherlands, he got as much sugar as he liked-not because the Dutch have more sugar, but because they have a different tourist policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONFERENCES: Spurs to Action | 8/2/1948 | See Source »

Next day, with a lump on his ankle as big as a doorknob, heavy-set Henry Wittenberg warily circled a stringy young opponent, suddenly ankle-dragged him to the mat, and nailed him in 6:03. He won two more bouts by falls (in one, he accidentally broke his opponent's leg). In winning the final bout by a decision, against Minnesota's Verne Gagne, Wittenberg got his only black mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Body Chess | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

Ruminant. In Black Hawk County, Iowa, Farmer Sheldon Anton finally spotted the cause of an old lump on his cow's flank when he noticed twelve inches of pitchfork handle protruding from her ribs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 5, 1948 | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

...attend Idler productions no longer has any choice in the matter; those who wished only one publication would have to subscribe to two; girls who might not have wanted to join any club would be forced to pay dues for two. The plan, in effect, acts in favor of lump spending rather than a critical choice of expenditures...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe at the Crossroads | 3/24/1948 | See Source »

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