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Dates: during 1940-1949
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STORY ON ME IN MAY FIFTH ISSUE CONTAINS BAD TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR. YOU REFER TO ME AS ANDY ("THE GREEK") VARIPAPA. YOU EVIDENTLY MEANT ANDY ("THE GREAT") VARIPAPA FOR NONE IS GREATER THAN ANDY ("THE GREAT") VARIPAPA. ALSO YOU DEPRIVE THE ITALIAN PEOPLE OF A GREAT ATHLETE WHEN YOU CALL ME A GREEK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 19, 1947 | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

...Wallace (to whom you refer as "the Messianic windbag") is speaking in the interests of world brotherhood [TIME, April 21]. What should be more natural, more desired, than that he should carry his message abroad to all parts of the world? . . . This is no time for narrow nationalism. Civilization hangs in the balance. If the future proves a growing organism, and we find ourselves making great strides toward a better expression of life on earth, coming generations can give thanks that we heeded the Christian philosophy Mr. Wallace represents. If civilization declines to an era similar to the Dark Ages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 12, 1947 | 5/12/1947 | See Source »

...people living ... on our [northwestern] borders, who claim descent from Israel . . . something like, I should think, between 20 to 30 million people." Said tired Assembly President Dr. Oswaldo Aranha at last: "I am sure the eminent jurist who is the Indian representative knows what I mean when I refer to flatus vocis, which scholars use when they want to refer to people who are talking too much about nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: By the Waters of Flushing | 5/12/1947 | See Source »

Then, after agreeing to refer the German assets question to a committee of experts (meeting in Vienna May 12) and to scale down occupation forces in Germany (with a June 1 deadline for agreement on the size of forces), the Foreign Ministers said the polite things one says to his host. Marshall smilingly thanked Molotov for keeping chain-smoking U.S. Adviser Ben Cohen in cigarets. As Cohen blushed and glanced at his plateful of butts, Bevin said, "Well, we can help on that too," tossed Cohen a pack of English cigarets. At 7:35, with a round of handshaking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONFERENCES: £20 A-Begging | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

...refer to Dallas' Glenn McCarthy. Glenn McCarthy has lived in Houston all his life and continues to live here, maintains his offices here and has extensive holdings in Houston, including several office buildings, and is now constructing an $18,000,000 hotel and community center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 28, 1947 | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

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