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...Rome's aged brown walls are heavy with garish tapestries-purple, green, red, black election posters, shrieking at the people. (If you want jobs and bread, some land to till, some peace to enjoy, vote Communist; if you believe in God, fear Communisn, hate tyranny, vote Christian Democrat.) I drove to the imposing stone building which houses the U.S. Embassy, talked about the bread and pasta from America which alone have saved Italians from starvation; of the American coal which alone has kept Italy's railways running and its blast furnaces roaring. Would not all these things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: How to Hang On | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

...wait till one horse passeth quietly close by and giveth thee the Knowing Look...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Chinese Dopester Tells All | 4/17/1948 | See Source »

...when the other team has the ball, you've got to bounce 'em. That is why every afternoon Valpey has his men belting each other around the practice field near Dillon Field House. "We're in the bumping stage now," he says, "and it's all boom-boom-boom till...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: 'Boom-Boom, Till They Get It,' Valpey Discloses | 4/17/1948 | See Source »

...interceptions or fumbles, the Green players get a chance to run their own attack. Scrimmages are rugged. "It's funny," muses Valpey, "how many of the boys have already discovered there are other things they'd rather do than play football. But if you think this is rough, wait till next fall...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: 'Boom-Boom, Till They Get It,' Valpey Discloses | 4/17/1948 | See Source »

With the drop in trading, the exchanges argued that that was all they could afford. To pay even the bonus, said Curb President Francis Adams Truslow, he would probably have to dig into the Curb's cash reserve. Keefe threatened to strike, shrewdly waited till the market was on its way up-and brokers had their hands full with heavy trading-to call his members out. But even with the lusty help of the seamen, he fell far short of crippling the citadel of speculation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trouble in the Citadel | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

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