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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Because the new Government seemed to spike Perón's dream of an Argentine-dominated Bloque Austral (Southern Bloc), Argentina conceivably might sponsor a counterrevolution. Or she could cut off vital exports to Bolivia of wheat and beef. But the U.S., too, had ^n economic wedge. A new Bolivian tin contract was coming up; the U.S. was expected to go through with its plan to pay some 10% more for Bolivia's chief export...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEMISPHERE: Bloque Blocked | 8/5/1946 | See Source »

Public opinion would have to decide its willingness to sponsor and support such a project. If we were to set a precedent in this matter, possibly other towns and colleges would join in the plan until it becomes widespread. I feel that the students of Harvard would give their approval, not only to a "Memorial Town For France," but also to a concrete demonstration of goodwill and a lasting investment in the world bank of peace. Henry S. Williams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Mail | 8/2/1946 | See Source »

Drew Pearson, brash breathless Washington columnist, starred in the publicity trick of the week. In the New York Times his radio sponsor (the Frank H. Lee Co.) ran a full-page ad (cost: $4,800) announcing that "Pearson has attacked [the Ku Klux Klan] in radio broadcasts and newspaper columns. He was immediately . . . threatened with injury to life and limb should he set foot in [Georgia]. . . Mr. Pearson will deliver this Sunday's broadcast from the steps of the State capitol in Atlanta. . . . Mr. Pearson's life [has been insured] for One Million Dollars for the benefit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jul. 29, 1946 | 7/29/1946 | See Source »

...back to school) as the backbone of the experts' panel. In less than five months, the show was the new gee-whiz quiz in radio. Last week, Twenty Questions (Mutual, Sat., 8 p.m., E.D.S.T.) got its usual 10,000 to 12,000 fan letters and a nationwide sponsor (Ronson lighters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Parlor Game | 7/15/1946 | See Source »

...bolder approach. His bathyvessel, which he began designing before the war, will be a true submarine, as free-swimming as a mackerel. His goal, he told newsmen last week, is 4,000 meters, nearly 2½ miles below the surface. The Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research will sponsor the big dive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: 4,000 Meters under the Sea | 7/8/1946 | See Source »

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