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...with Cinemactor George Murphy, shouted themselves hoarse. Cried G.O.P. Chairman Guy Gabrielson: "From this night on, the Republican Party is going to be the strongest, most active and vigorous opposition party ever known!" (" 'ray!") When Ohio's Senator Robert Taft stood up, the arena burst into a roar of cheers. The oldest Washington Republicans could remember nothing quite like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: No Clarion Cry | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

...Westerners who stayed behind have been subjected to a steady campaign of harassment, have been jailed, fined and beaten. This is embarrassing to the British, because they are trying desperately to prove that Britain can do business with China's Communists. Last week, there were signs that the roar of the once-proud British lion had been reduced to a humble purr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: The Lion Purrs | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

Sensible Observation. This week, when the two quarterbacks squared off before an S.R.O. crowd of 24,218, the flea bit the bear and put him on the run. LeBaron sent Halfback Bruce Orvis plunging over for the first touchdown and a mighty roar shook the bowl. Then the game degenerated into a huffing & puffing contest between ill-conditioned athletes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Flea & the Bear | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

...pointed inner section. Some of the compressed air is diverted by a scoop and used to run a turbine and drive the fuel pump. The rest is mixed with fuel and fired by a small flame that burns in the shelter of the conical igniter. The hot gases roar out through a nozzle lined with heat-resistant ceramic. Their reactions propel the machine through space...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Well-Behaved Engine | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

...from the wings in midweek came the roar of a wounded lion. Fifty-nine-year-old Heldentenor Lauritz Melchior had heard nothing yet about a contract and he thought he should have been approached before "all the small ones." His manager fired off a telegram to Bing demanding to know by next day where Melchior stood. Replied Rudi Bing coldly: "I am not prepared to submit to ultimatums...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bing, Bing, Bing | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

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