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...Sloth & Violence. If the U.S. plan of operations worked the independence and integrity of Greece would be saved. But the U.S., as it assumed more & more of its world responsibilities, would have to learn to operate in the wide area of political action between the extreme of isolation and the other extreme of counting up atomic bombs. London's Economist advised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Plan of Operations | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

...Giant sloth, thought to have been extinct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Time Current Affairs Test, Jun. 16, 1947 | 6/16/1947 | See Source »

Destruction is no new thing: our remote ancestors faced destruction from pride, envy, anger, hate, sloth, gluttony, lust, famine, pestilence and violence-just as we do. A cavalier attitude toward personal improvement usually results in personal deterioration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 12, 1946 | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

...Brass Knuckles. Spruille Braden himself was well aware that Latin sovereignty, Latin pride and-probably more often than he would like-Latin sloth were involved. Long before his critics awoke to the fact, he had realized that his No. 1 antagonist, Perón, commanded some popular support (perhaps 30% of organized Argentine labor, for instance). He understood, better than most, that the U.S. could do little more against the Argentine regime than continue to make U.S. displeasure known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America: Democracy's Bull | 11/5/1945 | See Source »

Although "summer replacements" should be radio's proving ground for aspiring rookies, the number it has developed into the big time in past years can almost be counted on the paws of a three-toed sloth. Chief summer survivors: lush, busty Songstress Hildegarde, baby-prat tling Red Skelton, Frank Sinatra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Proving Ground? | 6/25/1945 | See Source »

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