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...results of bombing military targets in Germany, not only by reports which reach us through many sources, but also by photograph. I have no hesitation in saying that this process of bombing the military industries and communications of Germany . . . affords one, at least, of the surest, if not the shortest, of all the roads to victory. Even if the Nazi legions stood triumphant on the Black Sea, or indeed, upon the Caspian; even if Hitler was at the gates of India, it would profit him nothing if at the same time the entire economic and scientific apparatus of German...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: War on Civilians | 9/2/1940 | See Source »

...foot, 240-pound Ren Hoek as part of the recreational activities of which he was director, the show began with a kazoo player, a piano pounder, a drummer. Inmates took part on the program only as a reward for good behavior the preceding week, soon made it the "shortest half hour of the week" for their 900 fellow prisoners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Behind Bars | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

...this week, after his shortest Georgia visit (nine days), he entrained for Washington, waving cheery farewell to his Georgia friends: "I'll be back in November-I hope!" Last year, in an equally anxious April, he had called out, "I'll be back in the fall-if we don't have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Breathing Spell | 5/6/1940 | See Source »

...already held (18.1 balkline and cushion caroms). He had to compete against ten of the best players in the game, two of whom, during the course of the double round-robin tournament, succeeded in equaling previous records: one for consecutive points, the other for best (shortest) game. Playing calmly and steadily, muttering occasionally, "Come on, pull yourself together," Hoppe won match after match. With his 16th straight win he clinched the title, but still he clicked on. When the play ended Hoppe had suffered no defeats, amassed a record sweep of 20 victories, set a new average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Clean Sweep | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

Besides ending class elections last Tuesday, the Freshman referendum also mysteriously ended Harvard's newest and shortest-lived date bureau...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DATE BUREAU FOUNDER FOILED IN CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT | 2/24/1940 | See Source »

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