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"Now the war starts," muttered Parisians as they watched the streaking Nazi bombers, plainly visible in the skyrocket glare. The first raids spared downtown Paris, but heavy concussions rumbled from the suburbs. Long after the Nazis were gone most citizens lay doggo in the shelters until after sunup. Then suddenly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Now It Starts | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

Thunder rumbled over the Mediterranean one day last week. The British-French Mediterranean fleet ploughed eastward to a rendezvous at Alexandria, Egypt. Lighter craft of the Italian. Turkish and British Navies played hide & seek among the islands of the Aegean. And in London the Admiralty announced that the Mediterranean was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Within One Hour | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

In the course of this cultural marathon Persia had ups & downs. She was conquered successively by the Greeks, Arabs and Mongols; she was sideswiped by nearly every artistic bandwagon that rumbled through Europe and Asia. But though her artists copied Genghis Khan's Chinese painters, Greek sculpture and the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Persian Art | 5/6/1940 | See Source »

Loud in the land last fortnight was the voice of John L. Lewis, telling off Franklin Roosevelt (TIME, Feb. 5). Last week it was John Lewis' turn to hear voices, welling up to him from the floor of the United Mine Workers of America convention in Columbus. Delegate Robert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Voices | 2/12/1940 | See Source »

At last, long overdue, Penguin rumbled up to North Star's, Boston dock. There was still one ticklish job left-getting Penguin aboard. Since the monster was too big for its berth, ten feet of its tail had to be amputated with acetylene torches. Then, when the tide lifted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Monster | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

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