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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Archbishop Beran, the calm center of the storm, remained a semi-prisoner in his Prague palace. All the resources of the Communist propaganda machine were employed in attacking him. The trade-union newspaper Prace accused him of working for "Wall Street-dominated Vatican City." "Leading such a gang," the paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Storm | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

The seance continued. Once it looked as though Mussolini's own ghost had returned when one Luigi Filosa, a Fascist henchman, got up to speak; Filosa was short and bald, stood squarely with his hands on his hips and stuck out his lower lip in characteristic Mussolinian truculence. From...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Legion of Sorrow | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

Winston Churchill seemed about to take a flyer. For the first time, he registered racing colors with Britain's Jockey Club-the required preliminary to racing one's own horses. The Churchill colors: chocolate, with pink sleeves and cap.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Native Customs | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

In its own flamboyant fashion, Chicago had given a lusty preview of the national anti-VD campaign which opened last week in more than 300 cities in 28 states. The U.S. Public Health Service, helping to plan and synchronize the local efforts, had arranged with the Communication Materials Center of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Knock-Out Campaign | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

Yet nothing pleased the Dutch more than the clear success of their own new opera. The Dutch government and the city of Amsterdam, recognizing a new national asset when they see one, have agreed to meet half the budget of the young company until 1955.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Really Quite All Right | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

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