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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Recognized, 48 to 6, the U.S.-Sponsored Korean Republic (South Korea). tj Passed, 48 to o, a Declaration of Human Rights. There were eight abstentions, including the Soviet bloc (six votes), South Africa and Saudi Arabia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Until April I | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

Stouthearted Britons might well cry, with Dr. Johnson, "Old England is lost!" From London last week came dread tidings of a changing land: tj In a report deemed a "classic" by Minister Sir Guy Nott-Bower, the British Ministry of Fuel and Power launched an all-out attack on Britain's 28 million-odd cherished open fireplaces. The filthy things, said the report, not only waste coal and give no heat, but definitely bring on lung diseases. * Recommended: central heating with gas, electricity or "other systems that burn smokeless, solid fuel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: O Tempora | 4/8/1946 | See Source »

Stassen had three specific proposals: tj The United Nations Organization must create an international air force consisting of five bomber squadrons and ten fighter squadrons, equipped with 25 U.S. atomic bombs, to police the world.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Toward a New Beachhead | 11/19/1945 | See Source »

GORDON FLINT Los Angeles tj Simple. The bazooka-like blast blows over his shoulder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 20, 1945 | 8/20/1945 | See Source »

Died. Thomas Joseph Pendergast, 71, most notorious political boss of the century; of heart disease; in Kansas City. Son of a teamster, old "TJ." built a small Democratic ward machine in Kansas City's Italian section into a powerful and corrupt political juggernaut. He ruled Kansas City in its bawdiest, gaudiest era, hired ghost voters by the thousands, bet millions on the ponies, hand-picked Governors and Senators, started Vice President Harry Truman up the political ladder. Heavy-set and heavy-jowled, he was the incarnation of the cartoonists' political boss-especially when he wore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 5, 1945 | 2/5/1945 | See Source »

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