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There was only one thing new on the Russian merry-go-round as it wheeled around to the same old tune: it had one rider less than before. The old East-West split of 53-to-6 had now become 54-10-5. The vagrant vote came from the grinning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: A Time Will Come | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

Rotary traffic under the new system involves more than merely an automotive merry-go-round. In addition to keeping traffic circulating around the kiosk in a counter-clockwise direction, the current plan involves the elimination of all trolley-busses and removal of trolley-car track. To speed subway traffic, the...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Cambridge Fights to Unsnarl Traffic | 9/30/1949 | See Source »

Nagumo needed more impressive surroundings if the merry conversions were to continue. Said he to Shopkeeper Handa: "A truly religious person is ready to sacrifice his all to save other people's souls. Under the circumstances, it would be most noble on your part to sell your best clothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: The Laughing God | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

For Perle Mesta the call of duty sounded last week above the merry tinkle of cocktail glasses and the clatter of knives & forks. President Truman named his favorite partygiver and Washington's No. 1 hostess to be the first U.S. Minister to the tiny Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (pop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: An Oyster for Perle | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

Perhaps ... Sloan-Kettering is certainly trying hard. From his office on the 13th floor, Dr. Rhoads can review the work of the world's most impressive array of cancer-fighting weapons: the eggs with their little glass windows, the tubes of cancer tissue on their merry-go-rounds, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Frontal Attack | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

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