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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Aldo Nadi, 44, is a handsome, steel whip of a man, so slim (6 ft, 128 lb.) that on the fencing strip he bears a strong resemblance to his weapon. Some fencers consider him the greatest swordsman who ever lived. The son of a famous Italian Maître d'Armes, Aldo began fencing at four, won his first title at twelve, is acknowledged the world's finest foilsman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Swordsman | 4/19/1943 | See Source »

...clap of thunder, and all the French generals burst into tears." It was the beginning of a life-long love for Bertie, but not for his father. Napoleon III "was simply not a respectable ally." For one thing, there had been that "rather dreadful féte champétre . . . when the Emperor disappeared all evening with Madame Castiglione in the shrubbery, and the Empress fainted with mortification, and all the gentlemen danced with their hats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bertie | 9/22/1941 | See Source »

...that the case is not entirely unique. Emerson managed to keep cheerful through the tragedy of the Civil War; so did Whitman, after a fashion. Victor Hugo managed to live through the days of exile and the agony of the Franco-Prussian War: "Moi, qui me crus apôtre!" [I, who believed myself a zealot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 28, 1941 | 4/28/1941 | See Source »

ANSWER SHEET ANSWER SHEET -CONTINUED-53 PIC 53 PIC TURES TURES 79 THEA 79 TRE 80 ...... TRE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test: Current Affairs Test, Feb. 24, 1941 | 2/24/1941 | See Source »

...ANSWER SHEET ANSWER SHEET -commuED « -CONTINUED -, -53 PIC 53 PIC TURES TURES 79 THEA 79 THEA 80 TRE 80 TRE OF WAR OF WAR 81 81 54 82 54 oo 55 83 55 56 84 57 85 57 oc 58 86 58 86 59 87 59 87 60 88 60 88 61 61 62 SCIENCE 62 SCIENCE 63 89 63 89 64 90 64 90 66 91 65 91 92 66 92 67 93 67 93 94 68 94 69 95 70 70 THE THE ARTS BUSI ARTS BUSI NESS NESS FINANCE 97 FINANCE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test: Current Affairs Test, Feb. 24, 1941 | 2/24/1941 | See Source »

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