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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"Ah, les Fascistes. . . ." On the curb, propped up against the wall, sat a dark woman; her dress had been torn off, and her naked left breast had been blackened by blows. Her hair fell over her shoulders, and she was sobbing heartrendingly. Her name was Lise Ricol, and she is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: So Little Time | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

The Law. In Tulle, France, a shocked judge fined Albert Fayet 800 francs for throwing his wife out into the street naked -and fined Mme. Fayet 1,000 francs for appearing naked in public.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 3, 1947 | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

The American Past combines the well-documented events of U.S. history with their human underpinnings: Washington borrowing money to make the trip to New York City for his first inauguration; John Quincy Adams bathing naked in the Potomac ; Wilson nibbling crackers while pecking out his war message to Congress; Jackson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Gift-Wrapped History | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

"Jinnah is far too easy a villain: conceivably an obsessed child of Mohamed conceivably a man seized in his declining years by that most dangerous form of satyriasis which longs for naked power alone, Jinnah has beyond question done more than any other man in India to exacerbate the sores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA-PAKISTAN: The Trial of Kali | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

Does it matter very much what a man believes? As long as he lives charitably by the Golden Rule, helps to feed the hungry and clothe the naked, what's the difference whether he believes in the Incarnation, the Resurrection-or even in a personal God? To many a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: I Believe . . . | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

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