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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Calm of Ignorance. Bronx-born Regina Resnik was beginning to feel the strain. Said she: "The other times, I guess I had the calm of ignorance, but now it is a nervous strain. I was really scared about Carmen." She was also a little wary of getting a reputation as an operatic spare tire. She had little cause to worry. Since she won the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air and made her surprise debut three years ago, she has sung in many a Met production-Toscx, A'ida, Cavalleria Rusticana, Madame Butterfly, etc. On the strength of such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: For Distress Cases | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

...west gate, all the Deweys smiled broadly, signed autographs, paid their bus fare ($34.50 apiece) and started off for Old Faithful. Mrs. Dewey, recovering from a violent case of poison oak she had picked up in her home town of Sapulpa, Okla., seemed to be showing some strain. They had their picture taken beside the Jet Geyser, were disappointed by the poor catches being made by stream fishermen, but cheered up when they saw a bear amble out of a stand of dead spruce. Everybody stayed in the bus. The Governor had been warned that the bears were vicious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: It's a Pleasure! | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

...Reader Pope will strain his eyes looking for cynical cracks in deadly serious copy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 21, 1947 | 7/21/1947 | See Source »

...surplus was invested in inventory. They also showed that the company, since V-J day, has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in designing and tooling new model machine tools. Both these points, to us, spell job security. A general wage increase at this time would put an undue strain on the company's resources." The union withdrew its 15?-an-hour demand, settled for six paid holidays (equivalent to a 3?-an-hour raise). In September, when the present contract expires, the union will decide whether to renew its wage demands. Said Conard: "The union was very cooperative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: Open the Books | 7/14/1947 | See Source »

...mates are having trouble. In that particular back-breaker, too little pre-race warmup caused physical complications about half-way through among the men behind Cunningham, who practically bore the weight of the speeding shell by himself until they had regained their form. He did not feel the strain until the last mile when he tried to raise a spring...

Author: By Richard A. Green, | Title: Sports of the Crimson | 7/11/1947 | See Source »

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