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...most brilliant campaigns of modern times. Not long afterward, Napoleon was sent packing for good. General Wellesley got his dukedom and his niche in history. The rank & file, according to a custom old when Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, got their prize money-and a muster into oblivion. Yet destiny for once had preserved a rich archive of the forgotten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Soldier's Letters | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

Moreover, since the networks cannot televise or broadcast the full proceedings of any committee, committee members have had to chose what portions of their inquiries the public could see and hear. This has usually meant full play for dramatic accusations and oblivion for the more lackluster denials...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Invidious Blackout | 3/1/1952 | See Source »

...Truman suggested such an ambassador in the first place. There is no indication whether the appointment issue originated in the State Department or whether it is purely a political move. Whatever the President's reasons were, we hope he will let the question continue on its present course to oblivion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fadeout | 1/19/1952 | See Source »

Whether he intended it that way or not, Robbins had also fashioned a perfect note-for-note caricature of Aaron Copland's plain and homely music. In doing so, he may have saved an otherwise inconsequential piece from oblivion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Happy Impromptu | 12/17/1951 | See Source »

...more poor men than rich men so I have a chance of lasting a long, long time . . . Over in Hollywood, everything gets exaggerated, including people's ideas of themselves. We live in New York. People there are normal-sized. We aim eventually just to live in oblivion and get to the grave without confusion . . . I'm a sad man. I've been leading mourner at the death of more jokes than any man alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Inside Dope | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

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