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...they joined a huge Communist parade to the vast, oval-shaped Foro Italico which was transformed into a vast picnic ground; thousands squatted on the pavement and feasted from cardboard box lunches. In the glow of the setting sun, Togliatti appeared on a platform. He did not rant or threaten; he simply said: "A great sadness fills our souls when we see the ever spreading discord in our country . . . We witness this offensive being launched against workers who fight for their daily bread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Comeback | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

Bittersweet. Railroad equipment makers built 10,387 freight cars for domestic use in June, for the first time this year reached their goal of 10,000 cars a month. But S. M. Felton, president of the American Railway Car Institute, was still unhappy. Dwindling steel deliveries, said he, threaten to put July production below the goal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Facts & Figures, Jul. 12, 1948 | 7/12/1948 | See Source »

...should give aid to those countries whose increase in economic strength will promote world peace," he continued. "We should refuse aid to those countries whose increase in economic strength will threaten world peace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DiMento, Passer, Kerans Give Latin, English Talks in Morning Exercises | 6/10/1948 | See Source »

...Diplomat Daniels was right (some underlings in State and sev eral Latin American diplomats thought he wasn't), the unappetizing fact was that a dictator had been given fresh prestige at a time when pressures from his democratic Central American neighbors (TIME, May 10), had begun to threaten his 16-year reign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEMISPHERE: Welcome, Tacho | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

Arcaro let Coaltown get a seven-length lead before he moved into second position. Looking back over his shoulder, Arcaro saw that the rest of the field was "too drunk" to threaten. He clucked to Citation and the gap began to close. The two Calumet horses entered the stretch noses apart, Coaltown on the rail and Citation taking a path ten feet out. Arcaro did not hit Citation with the whip until he was in front and then only because he "just wanted to keep him busy. He likes to loaf once he gets by horses." Arcaro steered Citation under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Arcaro Picks a Winner | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

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