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With his division, sobered and hardened Terry Allen was gaining a personal luster. But now, as he did when he was with his bartender in El Paso, he would certainly point to his stars and his fame and say: "You know who is responsible for that-the enlisted men, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF SICILY: A Matter of Days | 8/9/1943 | See Source »

...years ago. This work visualized for the first time in history the true structure of the human form and was called by the late, great Sir William Osier "the greatest medical book ever written-from which modern medicine starts." For its woodcut pictures, the volume is of similar luster to artists and connoisseurs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Anatomy's 400th | 8/9/1943 | See Source »

...account seemed to confirm the impression that the Navy had underestimated the requirements of the Solomons campaign (TIME, Oct. 26), and that in this instance the U.S. command's insight into Japanese thinking and strategy had been none too keen. But his recital took nothing from the luster of the Navy-Marine-Army team's recent successes in clearing the Solomons waters of Jap ships and extending the land forces' hold on Guadalcanal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: One Year of War | 12/7/1942 | See Source »

Without Love (TIME, April 27) has gained no luster since its three-month tour last spring. A coyly told story of two young people (Katharine Hepburn and Elliot Nugent) who marry for companionship, in due time lift the embargo on sex and wind up madly in love, it is chiefly a field day for Katharine Hepburn and her dressmaker. Actress Hepburn makes the most of her coltish charm. Playwright Barry contributes some witty wisecracks, but not much else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Tinsel Jubilee | 11/23/1942 | See Source »

...thought of some other or possible Sergeant Chambers in every spectator's mind that accentuates the poignancy of Maxwell Anderson's drama. Its moment in history transfigures it, restoring to subjects like young love, maternal pride, the sense of home, the heroism of war some of the luster that oceans of hokum have washed away. All the same Playwright Anderson has frequently brought to his story something as warm with life as a heart beat, yet kept it masculine with the kind of tough Army humor he once put into What Price Glory?. There are swearing, ribald sergeants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Play in Manhattan, Oct. 19, 1942 | 10/19/1942 | See Source »

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