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...state will "wither away," once the evil institution of property is abolished. This illusion is the characteristic error of Communism. "Communism is so cruel and so fanatical because it has a completely erroneous conception of human nature. Living by the illusion that the abolition of a social institution will redeem man of all sin, it naturally feels justified in using any means which will attain this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Pagan Goddess? | 6/26/1950 | See Source »

...what will happen when the family buys a dog that Gilbreth disapproves of, and what the cute little remarks are going to be when mother has her twelfth baby. You can easily sense each time the "cheaper by the dozen" gag is coming up. Only Gilbreth's time studies redeem the movie from being completely hackneyed, and they aren't enough to make it really amusing. "Cheaper by the Dozen" is just a quantitative variation on the "Life with Father" theme...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 4/14/1950 | See Source »

...Cedric Hardwicke gives a moving performance as the father who courts bankruptcy to redeem his son's honor, and Margaret Leighton matches it as the daughter who loses her stuffy fiance when the case plunges the family into notoriety. Neil North ably fills the title role. With the help of British dependables in lesser parts, the stars give the film a luster that shines only fleetingly in the script...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 10, 1950 | 4/10/1950 | See Source »

...York meet is the varsity's last opportunity to redeem a mediocre season of two wins, three losses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencers Stand Third In Collegiate Tourney | 3/18/1950 | See Source »

...first acts of the Soviet government was to repudiate them, and they have never been worth a kopeck since. Yet U.S. speculators have never tired of trading in them and the bonds have kept some market "value"-based on nothing but hope that Russia some day will redeem them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bond That Walks Like a Bear | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

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