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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Marines or constables, it seemed clear that the U. S. mail had been hijacked by Britishers. Congressmen were hopping mad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: A-Simmer | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

...demonstration, this tired, stoop-shouldered veteran perhaps hoped he could save his job on the basis of past deeds for the Third Republic. At World War I's start M. Cachin, Left-wing Socialist editor of Humanité, rang the bells for patriotism, called Kaiser Wilhelm II "that mad dog." An expert on Italian radical movements, he later encouraged Editor Benito Mussolini, of Milan's Socialist journal Popolo d'ltalia, to plug hard for Italy's entry into the war on France's side. To Editor Cachin was assigned the delicate mission of seeing that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Palace Doors | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

Norway was good and mad. Early this week Norwegian Foreign Minister Halvdan Koht, in a special statement before the Storting, let Great Britain have a piece of the Norseman's mind: "Lord Halifax was of the belief that the Altmark had been in Bergen although the ship had not been in any Norwegian harbor. ..." Further snapped Foreign Minister Koht: ". . . The British Government is of "the opinion that it can neglect ordinary international law. . . . The [Norwegian] Government cannot believe that the British Government, when having thought the case over, will not acknowledge that it is in open conflict with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Rescue in a Fjord | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

This "spontaneous" reception originated in the fertile brain of Ruben Rabinovitz, press agent for the Folies, and everybody connected with the University who wanted a little publicity joined the mad procession...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Mob Swamps Folies Queen in Mad Publicity Stunt | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

Fesler's strategy in the first game was to slow the game up and prevent a mad scramble up and down the floor. Whether he will depend on this plan or whether he will rely on the plays which the team has developed since that game will not be known till the game begins...

Author: By John C. Robbins, | Title: HOOPSTERS HOPE FOR WIN OVER COLUMBIA | 2/21/1940 | See Source »

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