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Imperturbably, warily, Hiss walked around Murphy's legal traps. He was wanly amused sometimes at Murphy's bristling. Occasionally he himself showed a flash of anger. He argued tirelessly over the usage of words. But his insistence on his innocence never wavered.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Enemy | 1/9/1950 | See Source »

Lord Vansittart protested such "preposterous and unprecedented" extensions of immunity at a time when all the countries of the Communist empire treat British and U.S. representatives "like stink." Answering Vansittart for the government, Viscount Jowitt, Britain's Lord Chancellor, brought cheers when he announced that the government was setting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Polecat Hunt | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

With peace, the Olins branched out into such products as rollerskates, flashlights and skeet traps. The newest product: a tiny battery not much bigger than a penny, for. miniature radios and hearing aids. Brother John figures that the new Cellophane plant will add some $15 million a year to Olin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Wrapped in Cellophane | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

The Marxian formula is simple, scriptless, and enormously successful. Each couple of contestants (three for each half-hour show) is given $20 and a chance to bet on their answers to questions in a given field. Quizmaster Groucho perches on a stool by the microphone, and chats with them between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: What Comes Naturally | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

The beat and blare of the fervid little quintet seemed familiar and so did most of the names: Ingle, Estes, Williams, Bodtkin. But behind the trumpet, instead of the famous "Red" Ingle, Hollywood jazz fans saw a curly-haired youngster of 18-Ingle's son Don. At the traps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Phuff? | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

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