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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Aram (rhymes with a bomb) Garoghlanian (pronounced "Gar, pause, oghlan, slight pause, ian") is the narrator, for William Saroyan, of 14 semi-autobiographical semi-stories of an Armenian childhood in Fresno, Calif. They are, in their modest way, the best writing William Saroyan has done. But like all Saroyan's work, they are likable or loathsome, depending on the reader's taste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Slack-Wire Miracles | 12/30/1940 | See Source »

...Herman Shumlin) joins a good sound sentimental play with just the actress for the job: Ethel Barrymore. Although its young Welsh author is best known in the U. S. for his murder drama Night Must Fall, this is no story of a psychopathic killer. It is a warm, wise semi-autobiography. It ran for nearly 700 performances in London, many during the blackout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 9, 1940 | 12/9/1940 | See Source »

Five cash prizes are offered by the American Civilization Group in the third semi-annual contest of critical essays on topics concerning American history and culture, written by Freshmen. The contest, which closes on December 19, offers five prizes of twenty-five dollars each for the best critical theme...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: American Civilization Essay Contest Starts | 12/4/1940 | See Source »

...Infantry must carry into action hardhitting, fast-fire weapons-semi-automatic rifles, light & heavy machine guns, mortars, tank-killers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: Handbook to War | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

...only from India, Tibet and China; of sheep which live in the outer Hebrides on the Isles of Harris and Lewis, from which must come all real, native-spun yarns for tweeds. It is because he has known the mysteries of the notch lapel, the peak lapel and the semi-drape lapel. . . because he has heard tales to the effect that side-vents were originally made for grouse shooting, and has dreamed of fine virgin wool that has been stored on the wharves of Glasgow for over seventy-five years. But, most important of all, it is because he originally...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 11/20/1940 | See Source »

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