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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Viceroy. The Indian apologists, at their best, reveal a passionate conviction; the British, a rational caution. There could be few better examples of this typical British temper than Scottish Viceroy Linlithgow. He is a model of sober British effort, often suspected of misunderstanding, frequently attended by friction. Son of Australia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: How Much Longer? | 3/16/1942 | See Source »

But many feel that the Viceroy has done as well as any rational, cautious Briton might be expected to do in terrible, irrational times. Beyond doubt, he reflects the attitude of most of his colleagues and superiors in London. The great question is whether, in Indian policy, the times call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: How Much Longer? | 3/16/1942 | See Source »

Every rational detail in the book, from their fantastic hardheadedness to their still more fantastic menus, suggests that the King is right. Also suggested is the growing possibility that the author of This Above All (TIME, April 21) may yet become what the world has lacked for two genera tions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: For Reading Aloud | 3/16/1942 | See Source »

This book belongs to the recent reaction against finding the origins of Nazism in the immediate past. But by revealing the sources of Nazi irrationality, it warns us of the Nazi lurking even in the most rational westerner. For even he is not always perfectly adjusted to society. Viereck gives...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: THE BOOKSHELF | 2/21/1942 | See Source »

The purpose of this column will be to investigate and probe the various aspects of the theatre in America today, to look for some rational standard of criticism, to show the intrinsic strengths and weaknesses of contemporary drama, to revaluate certain productions, to help, in some measure, the continuance and...

Author: By Jervis B. Mcmechan, | Title: FROM THE PIT | 2/17/1942 | See Source »

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