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Seriously alarmed during the early negotiations, Argentina fought back in several ways. Her propagandists tried to stir up memories of the bloody Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia, and spread the indignant story that the treaty contained a secret military clause which glanced in her direction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Co-Prosperity Sphere | 11/29/1943 | See Source »

...commonly used by plain people, selected from the 40,000-odd available characters. It can be learned in 96 hours from four little books. Chinese coolies and peasants (85% of the population) now need only bestir themselves a bit to become literate. Jimmy Yen sees to it that they stir increasingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: China's Yen | 11/22/1943 | See Source »

...Indians of Peru are deeply uninterested in quite a lot of things. Some of the things that fail to stir their interest: hospital care, cleanliness, antivenereal treatments, vaccination, privies. Nor were they much impressed, at first, by Dr. David Glusker, nor by the fact that Dr. Glusker had been an instructor in Medicine at Cornell Medical School before he joined the Army last February. (Nelson Rockefeller's Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs had discovered that Dr. Glusker knew a lot about tropical medicine and Spanish and whisked him off to the Tingo Maria district of Peru...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Privies para Pedro | 11/22/1943 | See Source »

Mindful of all the war contracts Hud son still holds, President A. Edward Barit only commented: "These are war times and we are dealing with the Government. This is no time to stir up a controversy." But many a Detroit industrialist, jittery over the Navy's precipitate action, pressed Washington for a complete explanation. At week's end, Truman Committeeman Homer Ferguson of Michigan was probing the mystery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Commando Raid | 10/18/1943 | See Source »

Presly Wetherell and the glee club turned the minds of the men to more solemn thoughts for a while, singing the works of Bach and other stately songs. The singers were accompanied in fine style by Brother Fellett. Bob Geis caused a stir of anticipation when he came forward to sing the company's favorites, "One Alone" and "Without A Song." His powerful voice drew roars of applause from every man. Leo Schumer at the piano furnished the musical background...

Author: By Frank K. Kelly, | Title: Specialists' Corner | 8/31/1943 | See Source »

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