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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that he had been in eight Liberal Cabinets before he became a Conservative; party disciplinarians disliked him because he could not be plainly labeled, could not be made to obey. Complained one perplexed writer: "It is the ultimate Churchill that escapes us. I think he escapes us for good reason. He is not there." Proving that he was somewhere, Churchill replied that parties changed their programs more often than he did, but added, with magnificent understatement, "I have a tendency against which I should perhaps be on my guard; it is to swim against the stream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Vision, Vindication | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

...promoters of world's fairs like to describe their shows as exhibitions of culture. For that reason Grover Whalen long insisted that New York's World of Tomorrow would have no displays of nudity, a rule not too closely observed. San Francisco's Golden Gate International Exposition felt the same way. It allowed Sally Rand to establish a "Dnude Ranch" on Treasure Island, but boasted in advance that its Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts would draw more paying customers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Regilded Gate | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

Hambleden was shocked by what he read about Countess Edda Ciano in TIME, but at first no reason was given for the ban. Questioned by the daily press, which saw something dangerously approaching censorship, the wholesalers attributed the ban to their fear of libel suits. In the 15 years it has been circulated in Great Britain TIME has never been sued for libel. Though startled by the ban in a country which boasts of its free press, TIME planned no action, left the business of Britain's press censorship up to Britain's press itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: TIME Ban | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

...fastest commercial jobs in the air, Lockheed had to go into receivership. Grass grew around its two-acre plant at Burbank, Calif., and the factory had only one employe-a watchman who had started working for Brothers Alan and Malcolm Loughead (later changed to Lockheed) and saw no reason to quit because he was not paid. That was in 1932. Today, Lockheed Aircraft Corp. is a different story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Net & Gross | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

...Main reason for Chrysler's progress profitwise was one fact: its Dodge unit is the industry's No. i earner (average 1929-37 profit $65 a car) and Dodge sales increased 98.4%-from 54,792 to 108,719 cars-nearly twice as much as Chrysler as a whole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Good News | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

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