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...successful businessman who had embraced the New Deal. But after he thought up the food-stamp plan for giving surplus food to poor families - a scheme that pleased grocers as much as relief clients - he was a sensation. This was one New Deal program that worked without a squeak from anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Bloodless War | 4/27/1942 | See Source »

Most popular and distinctive of samba instruments is the large, roundish cabaca, a gourd around which rattling beans are strung on loose strings. Other noisemakers include the reco-reco (sounds like running a stick along a picket fence), the cuica (a dull squeak). Above them the syncopated samba tunes run their jerky course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Dance | 3/9/1942 | See Source »

Toward the high-keyed intermittent squeak of broken carriage-springs, made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poetry, Mar. 9, 1942 | 3/9/1942 | See Source »

...Catholic Chaplain John A. Wilson had a narrow squeak when, riding the same road, he saw men waving their arms and stopped his car, jumping out. Wilson hit a ditch, saw dive-bombers a few seconds later score nearly a direct hit, demolishing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Chaplains in Bataan | 2/23/1942 | See Source »

Ominous is the word for Alexander Granach's performance as a Gestapo bloodhound. The squat, square-headed, muscle-bound sleuth ticks along with the sinister near silence of a clock. He never speaks; his approach is heralded by the patient squeak of his shoes. Actor Granach knew his role well. One of Germany's best actors, but a Jew, he escaped from his country a stride ahead of the real Gestapo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 23, 1942 | 2/23/1942 | See Source »

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