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...persuading 20th Century audiences that a young girl really could so sedulously obey a meddlesome old father, and really could lose her mind when her estranged lover killed him. She plays the mad scenes as if she had never heard that Ophelia is one of Shakespeare's most shameless tearjerkers, and as if her lovely language and her cracked, ribald little songs were drifting out of a broken soul for the first time, rather than for the third century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Olivier's Hamlet | 6/28/1948 | See Source »

...might manifest itself upon my first return to American soil . . . For such good will would find its inspiration in the victory which crowned our Pacific war effort to which countless gallant Americans, living and dead, contributed . . . Usurpation of such good will to serve a political end would be a shameless breach of faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: No Return | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

Drew exploded. Charging the minister with "outright dishonesty," he roared that "not one cent" of Canadian money had been spent. As for Transocean, Howe was guilty of "shameless slander...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: THE DOMINION: Off the Hook | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

...undertaker's" advertisement portraying the "beautiful body" of a nude girl is carnal and shameless. It is manifestly repugnant to the general public and offensive to the funeral service industry. . . . J. WILFRED CORR Executive Secretary California Funeral Directors Association Pasadena, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 9, 1948 | 2/9/1948 | See Source »

...Europe, if only because Europe cannot recover without German production. The Russians know this, and know also that the Western powers intend to put Western Germany to work for Europe. At London Molotov countered by attempting again to delay a German peace settlement, covering up his intention with a shameless bid for German favor. German Communists promptly seconded Molotov by adopting the slogan: "The Fatherland is in danger." In fact, the U.S. and Britain favor (and France will accept) a unified Germany. What the Western powers will resist at London is either a Communist-dominated Germany or the kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Door to the Future | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

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