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Witness Mr. Stalin seated more erectly and least comfortably in a nonupholstered swivel-type desk chair of rugged construction, a chair so typical of the ultimate in utilitarianism. . . . His expression reflects perfectly the attributes of his chair. It is that of the executive, the chief, the big shot. With eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 3, 1944 | 1/3/1944 | See Source »

Arawe lies 290 wild, rugged miles from Rabaul and its broad harbor. At Arawe, the. General is not in position for a practicable overland march. But he is in a key spot to hasten the process of isolating Rabaul, a process begun by strong seaand-air attacks in the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Party at Arawe | 12/27/1943 | See Source »

Many of these charred, strewn, gaping images, signed by such names as Wren, Adam, Nash, Soane and Stuart, make a moving reaffirmation of their dignity and style. Ruin sometimes adds beauty as well as pathos. Says Architectural Writer J. M. Richards in an eloquent preface: "The architecture of destruction not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Among the Ruins | 12/27/1943 | See Source »

Like his father, genial, rugged Bishop Smith, 67, was once an oil operator in his native Pennsylvania. Although he had a wife to support, he later turned to the ministry. "I don't know why," he says. "It is just one of those things." After 23 years of pastoral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Methodist President | 12/20/1943 | See Source »

In New Guinea, jungle-wise Australians mopped up the Huon Peninsula. Along rugged, malaria-ridden trails, with the help of Matilda tanks, they pushed converging columns toward Jap outposts. Their immediate objective: to clear the enemy from the hinterland of Finschhaven, the port captured almost two months ago by a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Slow But Sure, II | 12/13/1943 | See Source »

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