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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Missing Link. Conspicuously absent from this program is any mention of the church's-and the country's-biggest lack in fighting World War II: a great dynamic faith. Only Germany and Russia, the two nations most hostile to Christianity, have shown such a faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: What Faith? | 8/17/1942 | See Source »

...Sample: "Unity thought the Führer The greatest man on earth So did a lot of folks high up, For what their views were worth. Not that we mention any names, Or we might get it hot. But now that Unity is back Our comment is, So what?" Refrain: ''For Redesdale's daughter, Unity, Has quit the Fatherland And now with us consents to dwell. Where is our best prize band...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cinematic Soapboxing | 8/10/1942 | See Source »

With a schedule fully as tough as last year's and one game longer, Harlow is faced with the problem of building up virtually an entirely new team, for no longer can he boast a line composed of players like Chub Peabody, Dick Pflster, and Loren MacKinney, to mention only a few of the "seven blocks of granite," or a backfield of Lee, Heiden and McNicol...

Author: By Burton VAN Vort, | Title: Informal Football Practice Will commence Soon at Soldiers Field | 8/10/1942 | See Source »

They learned to brush their teeth, wash their faces, shave and rinse out socks in two inches of water in a mess kit. The mention of British service biscuits brought wry smiles to their faces. Said one hardy biscuit eater: "You could dunk them in water and they'd soak it up all right. Then they'd be just as hard as ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: First to Fight the Germans | 8/3/1942 | See Source »

...Philippines the Japs burned to the ground the national library at Manila, ordered expunged from all textbooks any mention of the U.S., Great Britain, democracy or Anglo-Saxon culture. Eight Filipinos were executed for printing and distributing anti-Japanese pamphlets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Pangs of Empire | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

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