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At the top, among Finnish politicos and businessmen, Scott found a single-minded determination to fight to the last Finn. "Their attitude towards the Russians is summed up in an old Finnish 'magic song': Just this much they will get from me: what an ax gets from a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FINLAND: Death in an Empty Room | 5/1/1944 | See Source »

Persistent Spain. Long-drawn, indecisive talks with slippery little Caudillo Francisco Franco made no visible progress despite recent misinformation to the contrary. Already cut off from U.S. oil, Spain seized Anglo-U.S. oil stocks in Tetuán, Spanish Morocco, on the pretext that Spanish taxes had not been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Tough Talk | 4/24/1944 | See Source »

When Bridson got around to Brooklyn last week, he was stymied. After investigation he had decided that "in some ways Brooklyn seems to me the most English place in America." He gave the professional actors a rest and let the Brooklynites speak for themselves. He was about as successful as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: An Englishman Looks at the U.S. | 1/3/1944 | See Source »

> As bearings: silver is exceptionally slippery, durable and heat-resisting, is widely used in airplane engines.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Silver at Work | 10/11/1943 | See Source »

Shortly, the Carnation Co. was grossing $8,000 monthly on desks and office tables. Later, Austin designed a wooden filing cabinet whose drawers actually slide smoothly. His simple secret: when resinous pine is rubbed against a hard wood, both become slippery and glass-smooth, slide more easily the more they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Furniture Fun | 9/20/1943 | See Source »

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