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...eight days, required three people to undress her. The "continuous cuddle" given Jane by a nurse and doctor were unsuccessful-then Big Sister Maggie (mental age: five) took over. Jane went to bed with Maggie, curled up in her arms and finally fell asleep. Last week Jane's shrimpish little face, once twisted with rage, beamed mischievously as she and Maggie sat on the floor, playing a private game of their own. For the first time, Jane was chattering spontaneously: "Come here, Maggie. Sit down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Child's World | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

Pushed into the shadows by shrimpish Goebbels' new stature was whalish Hermann Göring, the Nazi best liked by industrialists and old-line Army generals. Göring and his clique reportedly believe that a peace leaving Germany with substantial victory can be managed only if something "untoward" should happen to Hitler and to fanatic Nazis like Goebbels and Himmler. But the industrialists and army generals will probably not make their move unless some total catastrophe first overwhelms the Führer: something like the failure of his promised summer counteroffensive in Russia, or a successful Allied invasion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Goebbels Up | 3/8/1943 | See Source »

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