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...Virginia, or any other state, has all the power it needs to repel insurrection," Tuck said on the radio, adding that states can administer labor Laws before than the federal government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Industry Shutdown Is Predicted As Consequence of Coal Strike; U.N. Committee will Study Veto | 12/2/1946 | See Source »

...other pen which will do so many amazing, extraordinary things . . . brand cattle, spotweld, etch letters in solid concrete, repel insects or strange men, cut cabs in two pieces, burn holes in any blanket, melt locks (throw away your keys), remove superfluous hair (no smelly, sticky wax or paste!), and call police cars on short wave (if the police don't call you first!). It may even write, for all we know! . . . And you have only nine more years to wait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Will It Mind the Baby? | 9/16/1946 | See Source »

...body snatchers signed themselves "Democratic Fascist Party," a blackshirt lunatic fringe. But when rumor spread that the Democratic Fascists would ecstatically hoist Mussolini's remains on the Piazza Venezia's cenotaph, in view of Fascism's most glorious balcony, the police put on extra guards to repel a repulsive resurrection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: End of a Line? | 5/6/1946 | See Source »

Some termite species cultivate fungi, feeding their young upon them. If enemies attack the colony, soldier termites rush to repel them. In relation to the colony, individual termites are utterly selfless. They never loaf, never sleep. They are ceaselessly busy in community service. Except for the king & queen, they never fall in love. There is no individualism in a termite colony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Consider the Termite | 4/1/1946 | See Source »

Because he admired efficiency, he was once an admirer of the Nazi war machine. That was back in the '30s. When Nazi submarines started sinking Brazilian ships, Dutra's political thinking matured. As Minister of War, he called on the Brazilian Army to repel such aggression. Soon Brazil entered the war on the side of the Allies and Dutra, who later visited the U.S., decided he liked democratic U.S. ways. Said he: "Brazil and the U.S. have chosen a common lot of sacrifice and heroism, to defend democracy and fight oppression and perfidy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: The Winner | 12/17/1945 | See Source »

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