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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last month Catholic Digest printed an article by Episcopalian John Erskine in which he termed Protestant missions south of the Rio Grande "the work of pure destruction," urged their abandonment. Catholic Digest in turn suggested that such missionary activity "violates our Good Neighbor policy" and that the U.S. "should cease to make divisions in South America." Last week the Christian Century, leading Protestant weekly, returned the salvo: "There are enough religiously indifferent people in South America to give Protestant missionaries an ample field for a century. What if they do proselyte? So does the Roman Catholic Church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Sphere of Influence? | 8/10/1942 | See Source »

...explodes, the stream from the hose will force the molten fragments away from him. Says OCD at last: "Exaggerated conception of the 'terrors' of the bomb has instilled unjustified fear." Previous misunderstanding of incendiaries derives from early experiments by British scientists, who studied the laboratory behavior of pure magnesium, which burns fiercely in water. The British concluded that magnesium incendiary bombs would behave the same way. But the metal in real bombs is only 80% magnesium. The rest is an alloy to make them tough enough to penetrate roofs. The alloyed magnesium burns much less intensely than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: How to Drown a Bomb | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

Somehow, the acting seemed no more to blame than the directing. Individual roles were at times sufficient, but they were too much isolated from the rest of the play. The plot is pure syrup and the interpretation hasn't prevented it from spilling over. When you should be crying you find yourself twisting a program, and you have to be careful to keep from laughing at the wrong time. The treatment is purely Victorian, as the prologue announces, but the return to candid sentimentalism is unfortunately too much for both the cast and the audience...

Author: By L. M. W., | Title: PLAYGOER | 7/22/1942 | See Source »

...their customs is pure Ainu: To raise and nourish bear cubs intended for religious sacrifice, Ainu women suckle them. This sacrificial throat-cutting is supposed to release divine spirits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Stone Age Relics | 7/20/1942 | See Source »

...mixed with pulverized coal (natural gas can also be used) and coke, then fed to a large rotary kiln. When the kiln is heated to 1,800°F., the powdered coal first robs the ore (iron oxide) of its oxygen, then turns into gas, leaving fairly pure iron granules which have a spongy texture. This stuff can then be fed to the steel furnaces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Sponge Iron | 7/20/1942 | See Source »

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