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...dashing privates the come-on. One night, while her parents are out, Janie (Gwen Anderson) throws a small party for the military, which by midnight achieves riotous and regimental proportions. Coca-Cola gives way to Scotch, soldiers get locked in bathrooms, jeeps get stalled on the lawn, neighbors scream for the police, and the family unseasonably returns. By 2 a.m., however, everything's shipshape and everyone's asleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Sep. 21, 1942 | 9/21/1942 | See Source »

...Leary changed the flags right back. Last week the governing body of his congregation backed his stand that the "most sacred symbol of our religion should be second to nothing." Said Dr. Leary, whose son is in uniform and whose sermons have previously been criticized for making "the eagle scream too much": "I don't think I shall be misunderstood when I say that is one of the freedoms for which we are fighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Flag Fuss | 9/7/1942 | See Source »

...entirely possible that we the people are losing "The Battle on the Home Front." . . . Not one single day passes when one or more radio commentator or editorial writer doesn't scream that the war can be lost, everyone must learn to make sacrifices heretofore unheard of. ... This is all very true, but we're all worn out from nodding our heads in full agreement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 31, 1942 | 8/31/1942 | See Source »

With his own mistakes Dixon has little patience. He bitterly regrets the times when, exhausted with thirst, hunger and desperation, with his clothes washed away to shreds and his skin a mess of huge sun blisters scaled with burning salt, he would lose control and scream at his companions. He confesses with shame that he was afraid to catch a passing shark with his bare hands. But he kept his strength of mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cotton King | 8/31/1942 | See Source »

...command, hell breaks loose. Shells hiss, scream, howl-a horrible, beautiful melody. Over by the Russians a black, impenetrable wall rises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF RUSSIA: Fog? | 8/17/1942 | See Source »

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