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Dyaks unload their sleeping mats and haversacks from the trucks. Around each man's waist was slung the parang with which his forefathers had chopped off enemy heads before the British stamped the custom out. Knots of hair hung from many hilts, but the main decoration consisted of tassels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MALAYA: Bad Men in the Jungle | 8/23/1948 | See Source »

Glimmering Opposition. Wallace picked up where Taylor left off. He also attacked Wall Street, the military leaders, U.S. policymakers. He blamed U.S. leaders for all the woes in the world. Never once did he criticize Russia. He suggested that the U.S. pull out of Berlin. "We can't lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THIRD PARTIES: The Pink Pomade | 8/2/1948 | See Source »

Gasping Housekeeper Nesbitt spent her first term struggling against chaos. Already, "world leaders were swooping down on us from all directions"-and terrifying memos were swooping down from Mrs. Roosevelt ("Mrs. Nesbitt: There will be 5,000 to tea"). Salesmen stormed the doors with "gift" samples of everything from cravats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Secretary of the Interior | 8/2/1948 | See Source »

Naval evacuation is an old story in British history. In the Napoleonic campaigns alone, says Author Divine, 19 forces were evacuated (including the famed rescue of General Sir John Moore's army from Corunna). At two points on Gallipoli, the evacuations were executed so admirably that the entire force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Page in History | 6/21/1948 | See Source »

American colleges are distinguished by, among other things, a variety of purposes. Harvard College has committed itself by tradition and by frequent statement to the particular ideal of the "liberal education" as its field of activity. Speeches, articles, and books by the faculty and administrative officers of the University have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The College Scene | 5/27/1948 | See Source »

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