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...instituted a liberal Cabinet. For a while George was so popular that his subjects took to wearing monocles, in his fashion. But the spell did not last long; when the anti-royalists became difficult, he permitted the late, pro-German John Metaxas to form an iron dictatorship which lasted till World War II. It was then that George had his moment of greatness. When the Greek people inspired the world by fighting against Italy with Thermopylaean courage, George found stirring words to lead them (before he had to flee the country): "All together, men, women, children of Hellas, rise...
...TIME, Oct. 21). Perhaps the most striking of several legal opinions, diligently gathered by Keenan, was one by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo (1934): "International law . . . has at times, like the common law within states, a twilight existence during which it is hardly distinguishable from morality or justice till at length the imprimatur of a court attests its jural quality. The gradual consolidation of opinions and habits has been doing its quiet work...
...many Torontonians, the committee found, go to movies that are not good for them to see. Furthermore, they bet on horse races, read naughty books that are banned in Boston, attend burlesque shows that are banned even in sinful New York, and drink liquor till...
...Karsh works fast; he usually needs no more than 20 minutes to get all the shots he wants. He uses a $100 Ansco camera, an 8 x 10 with a $265 lens and a long cable release. His trick is to walk around the room talking to his subjects till they are wheedled, or needled, into the expression he wants. Then he snaps the shot. When irascible Harold Ickes persisted in looking blandly benevolent, a reference to his pet hate of the moment, the Canol project prodded him into looking natural...
...announcement, the market had its worst sinking spell in nearly two months. Stocks fell one to ten points; the Dow-Jones industrial averages dropped 2.76 points to 172.49. The day after the announcement, the market, which had recovered somewhat, bounced up, even though margin trading would not actually start till February...