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Riots, brawls, bribery and fluent profanity have marked Burma's first two years of separation from India and partial self-rule. The new 168-piece Legislature frequently resounds to shouts of "You are descendants of dragons!" "May your bodies be eaten by crocodiles in the Irrawaddy...
...villages and farms buy a large chunk of the consumer goods sold in the U. S. Last week a research committee, jointly sponsored by CBS and NBC, made public a report which gave a partial answer on how well radio was doing its job interesting and selling the farmer. The committee's researchers conducted 20,362 personal interviews on farms and in communities of less than 2,500 population in 96 sample counties scattered throughout the 48 States. What they found out, they consider a fairly accurate slant on the radio habits of the nation...
...battle of Shiloh was at least a partial victory for the Confederate States, and was certainly prior to that of Gettysburg. Might it not be more historically accurate to say that it took "overwhelming superiority of material" (TIME, p. 14, same issue) to win the U. S. Civil War (War Between the States) as it took to win the Spanish Civil War (War between the Ideologies...
...bridge with him on long jumps, and Piano-tuner Joubert, who carries around an atlas and answers questions about the populations and industries of the towns they visit, the most indispensable member of this staff is his private chef. With romantic Paderewski, food is a romantic passion. He is partial to lamb, chicken and turkey, worships caviar, pheasant and sweet champagne. If he is about to visit a town famous for some particular dish, he always telegraphs ahead to have some of it specially prepared for him. On concert days he lunches at 4 p.m., dines at midnight...
Jitterbug Sam White at guard turned in another nice game offensively, collecting seven points. Lack of scoring punch in the back court has been a Crimson weakness all year, but in recent games Sam has provided a partial solution to the problem...