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After checking 135 union welfare funds, the Insurance Department found fault with 62, nearly half, and suggested state supervision for all. C.I.O. President Walter Reuther acted fast. "The C.I.O. cannot and will not tolerate crooks," said he. "The union official who preys upon . . . funds . . . has no place in the labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Living It Up | 9/27/1954 | See Source »

Some 20 wild creatures, from the crayfish to the moose, are caught in unguarded moments during each of the four seasons of the year. The camera looks aloft to watch hawks exchanging a dead mouse in midair, and under water to see weary salmon returning to their spawning beds. A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 4, 1950 | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

One thing promises Hynes and McDonough a chance against Curley. This year, 405,000 voters registered--the highest registration in the city's history. Traditionally, such a fact would suggest the downfall of a machine; as has been previously mentioned, however, Curley's organization is not the listless machine thet...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Curley Has Edge in Boston Election | 11/4/1949 | See Source »

Go to the Ant. The genus Harpagomyia preys on ants. The mosquito alights in front of an ant and holds it tightly with its forelegs. After a while the ant opens its mouth. The mosquito inserts its proboscis and sucks up food which the ant squeezes from its stomach. Both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Mosquito Mysteries | 6/6/1949 | See Source »

"We know tonight, as we stand here, that the walls of this hall shut out a horrible vision of human suffering. All over the world, with every tick of the clock, hundreds of people are dying. Everywhere, as we talk, men are maiming, mutilating, burning each other and blasting each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: New Face | 9/21/1942 | See Source »

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