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...those who had debated against the Prime Minister, one was Conservative Sir John Wardlaw-Milne, who said: "In its desire and determination to win the war this Government as a whole is to me a great and shining light, a beam like a searchlight over the horizon, and that is why I shall support it. But when it comes to other matters I am afraid the light does not shine anything like so brightly. Sometimes it is no better than a gas jet, and I am afraid that in their determination not to change any system that we have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Searchlight or Gas Jet? | 2/9/1942 | See Source »

Ezell, Kameese Shine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LEVERETT AND LOWELL PACE HOUSE CAGERS | 2/4/1942 | See Source »

Lutz, Webber Shine...

Author: By Bill Elser, | Title: Five Upsets Dartmouth, 49-36 | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

...Maxim Karolik was not there. He had slipped out a back door as the distinguished guests walked in the front entrance. "I consider it iss correct, it iss even chic that the Karoliks should not go to the opening," he explained. "It iss better that the collection should shine by its own glory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Boston's Golden Maxim | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

...slaphappy, overlong mixture of You Can't Take It With You, Rackety Rax and assorted gags, Rise And Shine in no way resembles the original on which it was based: Humorist James Thurber's My Life and Hard Times. But it has enough good farce to make it go - especially Walter Brennan's portrayal of a glandular octogenarian with a propensity for showing his Civil War etchings to willing blondes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Dec. 15, 1941 | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

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