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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...say that the cardinal's attitude is unChristlike is ridiculous, since Christ Himself found many opportunities for using strong language...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 22, 1949 | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

...Didn't Say . . ." Thompson had also referred to discussion by "the party's ranks" when he meant, he admitted under crossexamination, only the "ranks" of the national committee. "You agree that in the Communist Party 'the ranks' means the national leadership?" prodded the prosecutor. "I object, he didn't say he agreed," said Defense Lawyer Richard Gladstein. Judge Medina broke in: "That's right. It might have been-he assumed it was-it may have happened-it probably was the case-it was most likely so-but Mr. Thompson didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: The Field Day Is Over | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

Anti-Communists hoped that the casino would fold, and with it the republic's leftist regime. Gildo Gasperoni had been heard to say: "If the casino succeeds we will be all right. If it doesn't, then we pack our bags and go." If Gasperoni went, thought San Marinese, Maxim might also go. He might even go in a cloud of sulphur smoke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SAN MARINO: Bolshevism In Yellow Gloves | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

...Western year 1949, in China's ancient lunar calendar, is a leap year, with two seventh months or a double July. The superstitious say a double July means a month more of rain and so a great flood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Again the Black Horseman | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

...They, say (the American critics in particular) that Britain's woes have a simple origin in the socialist doctrines of the Labor Government-which is untrue. They say (the European critics in particular) that the British people are making less effort to get out of their troubles than the other peoples of Western Europe-which is not only untrue, but unfair and grossly insulting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: For the Defense | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

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