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...Nebraska's stanch old World War I isolationist Senator George W. Norris declared himself for war "if necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: Chorus | 6/30/1941 | See Source »

...question was how many Italians were prepared to defend Harar, and how hard. It was likely that most of the Italians who had been in British Somaliland had fallen back into this area. The Italians would probably put up a stanch fight here because here-and at Cheren in Eritrea-were the last chances for strong stand: before Addis Ababa. If the British could crack the old town of Harar, they could cut the rail line, just north of Harar, from Addis Ababa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War, SOUTHERN THEATRE: Key Towns | 3/31/1941 | See Source »

...newspapers, not more than three are controlled by the Germans; the rest are either neutral or pro-Ally. Herbert Moses, the highly respected president of the Brazilian Press Association, and treasurer-director of O Globo, is the son of an American mother and is a stanch friend of England and the U. S. His newspaper reflects this attitude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 23, 1940 | 12/23/1940 | See Source »

Armchair strategists wondered if the Chiapas trouble was a feint to draw Government strength from the North, where Almazanismo is stronger. Watchful President Cardenas sent his stanch supporter, General Jesus Gutierrez Casares, down to Chiapas to find out. General Manuel Avila Camacho, who will succeed General Cardenas as President on Dec.1, postponed his scheduled departure for Washington until the revolt spread or dried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Revolt by Telephone | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

North West Mounted Police (Paramount) is a movie in the grand style-God's own biggest trees and mountains for props and backdrops; stanch courage and lofty aims among the good people; cunning and treachery lurking within the sinister forces; the ominous note of doom finally stifled by the fortitude of noble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Nov. 11, 1940 | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

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