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Naps at the Office. During World War II he not only ran the party, but also directed Soviet tank and aircraft production. Often working around the clock for days at a time, except for short naps on a cot in his office, he sent plane production up to 40,000...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Dear Georgy | 1/21/1952 | See Source »

The French deported Papasha in 1908, when they caught him passing 500-ruble notes stolen in the bloody Tiflis bank robbery engineered by Joseph Stalin. In England, as gentle, homy Mr. Harrison of Harrington Square, he erected a façade of innocuous jobs (publisher's assistant, bookkeeper, language...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: The Other Face | 1/14/1952 | See Source »

Promptly at 2 p.m., Fred Ruble of Denver began a soaring demonstration in his sail plane and drew gasps of delight and awe. Just after he landed, the crowd heard the snarl of a plane coming in fast and low. It was 1st Lieut. Norman L. Jones of Denver, an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLORADO: Unscheduled Performance | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

That night Flagler counted the gala day's toll: 20 dead, 50 injured. Every family in town could count a member killed or hurt. The toll might have been even worse. Just before the crash, a crowd of children ran from the fatal spot to get a better look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLORADO: Unscheduled Performance | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

Rubber Ruble Plot

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 10, 1951 | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

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