Word: musts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bear a U.S. postmark, others have come from Continental Europe, Latin America, and as far away as Wendji-Coq in the Belgian Congo. Furthermore, to Hall's surprise and gratification, 90% of the letters enclose subscription orders. Says he: "What impresses me is the complete faith TIME readers must have in their magazine. Almost every letter had in it money or checks. To have money sent in advance and to be thanked in advance as well is a novel experience...
...turn, Hall sent the following note to TIME: "Just a line to congratulate you on your London newshound, Tom Dozier, for smelling out a news story before Fleet Street did. Quite frankly, I was a little alarmed by his 'third degree' methods, but I must hand it to American journalism at its best-you do go after the news and don't wait for the news to come...
...everybody. "The letters are so very cordial," he says. "It does show that America is willing to help us if we can supply something they want." Three American authors, however, supplied something that Editor Hall wanted: three first-rate manuscripts. Said Hall: "It shows the class of readers TIME must have. They were exactly what we wanted: a modern setting with traditional methods, clean and dignified, no sex and no brutality -just sheer deduction in the grand tradition...
...lugubrious little man for whom life has suddenly become unbearably complex, Mickey sat up in his hospital room in powder-blue pajamas, his arm strapped up in a sling. Snapped Mickey: "I set myself up four nights in a row as a clay pigeon. [Attorney General] Howser must have had a hell of a tip." He was sure it was not a local bookie ("Every bookie in this town is a very close personal friend of mine," said Mickey firmly), nor imported Eastern gunmen. "I call New York, Chicago and Cleveland regular," said Mickey. "I'm a well-informed...
...nothing more from Germany but trouble. They will go. Until then, we will fight them. Not with sabotage-the Soviet system sabotages itself-but with the collection and spread of information, with passive resistance, with the 'F for Freedom.' If you are against inhumanity, you must fight...