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...failure of Germany in the Ardennes. It was still the same old spotted cat. "By its brutal use of force and terrorist methods to strike down all opposition from the Argentine people* the military regime has made a mockery of its pledge to the United Nations 'to reaffirm faith in human rights' in the dignity and worth of the human person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Neighbor Accused | 2/18/1946 | See Source »

Many such neurotic women find escape in throwing off marriage ties, becoming floozies or barflies. Many find a complete cure in receiving their husband's first letter, or even his allotment check, either of which can serve to reaffirm the idea of marriage in the sick wife's mind. But under simple psychotherapeutic treatments, says Dr. Kasanin, "most cases get over their depressions very quickly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Heartsickness | 1/29/1945 | See Source »

...permitted no rivalry. They affirmed the doctrine of human depravity. But it remained for the 20th Century, uncovering the raw materials and forces of human life and making a cult of the uncovering ("as though there were some virtue in returning from modern plumbing to surface drainage"), to reaffirm the doctrine of human depravity without a gospel of redemption...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Faith of Our Fathers | 1/22/1945 | See Source »

From frustrated copywriters all over the country, this speech brought Keating high praise, along with requests for jobs. Commented Advertising Age: "It's things like this that reaffirm our occasionally wavering faith that it's fun to be in the advertising business." Worldly-wise Variety headlined the talk "Just Let 'em Pay the Tab-Keating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: The Rise of Byron Keating | 12/25/1944 | See Source »

Quietly, New York's Senator Robert Wagner and Ohio's Robert Taft introduced a short resolution, asking that Congress reaffirm the 1922 U.S. approval of Palestine as a Jewish national homeland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Tinderbox | 3/13/1944 | See Source »

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