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...code, Gulbenkian had pointed out, U.S. inheritance taxes must be paid on foreign-owned works of art if the owner dies while the art is on loan in the U.S. Gulbenkian was perfectly willing to let Washington's National Gallery display 41 of his old masters (including some priceless Rembrandts and Rubenses once owned by the czars). But if the National Gallery wanted to keep the paintings for any "appreciable" time, the code would have to be fixed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Change in the Rules | 8/7/1950 | See Source »

SLATER: This is Bill Slater reminding you that it's a good old American custom--and a priceless American privilege--to speak your mind. We have as our guest this week a senior at Yale University who is eminently qualified to speak up for straight-thinking young America. Bill Buckley was on the Yale team that 'won from Oxford the debate on Socialism. He served as Chairman of the "Yale Daily News"--and he has a mind of his own about what is being taught, and what is not being taught, in American colleges. After you hear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 6/7/1950 | See Source »

...Korea, for South Korea can be made a sound political and economic unit. There is every need for the U.S. to stay and succeed. Withdrawal would leave not only a shattered economy and a broken nation, but a broken moral obligation as well. Failure in Korea would cost America priceless prestige, and augur American failure elsewhere in Asia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KOREA: Progress Report, Jun. 5, 1950 | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

...Oxford worth it?" asked the university's undergraduate magazine. George Bernard Shaw replied: "Collegiate residence, common meals and cap & gown give a priceless social training in good manners which is shared with sailors only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 22, 1950 | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

...have ever heard America's most ambitious radio program. Yet it is a show that would probably get a higher Nielsen-rating than Amos 'n' Andy (if a rating could be taken), has the richest sponsor of them all, and sells the world's most priceless product. The sponsor is Uncle Sam and the product freedom. The program is the Voice of America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Voice of America: What It Tells the World | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

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