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...what had caused all this commotion? Just one bad novel, Wake of the Red Witch. And had it really made a stir? Of course not; that was just the way publishers cried their shoddier wares these days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wolf! Wolf! | 6/3/1946 | See Source »

...returning serviceman has come back to find himself his brother's keeper or vice versa. CRIMSON presidents have barked at candidates who used to be their topkicks, proctors and even deans have cautioned former class-mates, but not many of these relationships are likely to cause as much stir as the one involving Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.'38, recently appointed associate professor of History, and recipient of several noteworthy kudos, including a Pulitzor Prize and Guggenheim Fellowship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Remember Me, Cpl., I Mean Dr. Schlesinger?, Your C.O.? | 5/25/1946 | See Source »

...basket of wine (four bottles) by a California vintner, responded with a womanly international gesture. To the pilot who had flown the wine from the Cresta Blanca vineyards she dictated her recipe for Chinese Burgundy: beaten whites two eggs, one pint Burgundy, dash vanilla extract, dash orange bitters; stir in the whites slowly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Inklings | 5/20/1946 | See Source »

Titian-haired Virginia Cunningham, whose trouble is schizophrenia, is the heroine of Mary Jane Ward's novel, The Snake Pit, which has already caused a mild stir in psychiatric circles, and netted Author Ward over $100,000 in advance royalties. It is based on Author Ward's own experience as a patient in an Eastern mental hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snakes & Ladies | 5/6/1946 | See Source »

...minds of most had long since been i made up. Even the once-powerful opinion of Jesse Jones, now expressed in the editorial columns of his Houston Chronicle, caused little visible stir. The former Secretary of Commerce blasted the loan as unbusinesslike and inflationary, proposed instead a $1,000,000,000 RFC loan secured by the collateral of British holdings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Work Done | 4/29/1946 | See Source »

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