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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week peace for millions was represented by a professor of physics who knew how atomic bombs went off but did not know how to stop them from going off (see cut). Dr. Daniel Q. Posin, professor of physics at North Dakota Agricultural College, had nothing very startling to say about The Bomb. He was newsworthy merely because when he said it he looked the way a lot of people felt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: The Chestnut Tree | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

Each morning fresh flowers are put in the earthenware jugs surrounding it, and all through the day passersby stop to read: "At this spot was sacrificed the father, liberator, and leader of the Colombian people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: The Thin Man | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

...Guys from Texas (Warner). Jack Carson (comedy and song) and Dennis Morgan (romance and song) stop off at a dude ranch run by quite a looker (Dorothy Malone), who can also sing. The act the two guys put on in the patio, for the other guests, would probably break the monotony of life on a dude ranch more successfully than it breaks the monotony of watching this picture. The guys are suspected of theft but finally catch the real crooks. They are moderately amusing when they horse around with a psychiatrist (Fred Clark). They even appear, in caricature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 13, 1948 | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

...doctors are also considering the new drug myanesin (TIME, July 12), and may suggest crushing one of the patient's phrenic nerves (TIME, Jan. 27, 1947) to stop the spasms of the diaphragm that cause the hiccups. Miss Lucas, whose weight has dropped from 129 Ibs. to 85, is willing to try almost anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: How to Cure Hiccups | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...this news didn't stop shrewd Showman Billy Rose from confiding, in the 195 papers that carry his column, what he would do to improve the Met. And some of his ideas were pretty sensible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Candy Under the Bed | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

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