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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...also changed his old tune of avuncular indignation against both of China's warring factions. "The civil war has spread and increased in intensity. The Chinese Communists by force of arms seek control of wide areas of China. The U.S. and all other world powers recognize the National Government as the sole legal government of China. . . . We should extend to the Government and its people certain economic aid and assistance. A definite proposal is under preparation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Finally & Officially | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

...Russian relations will be eased (Stassen implies) when Russia realizes that U.S. economic collapse is not inevitable and Moscow changes its tune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Where I Stand | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

...every Friday morning, some ten million Britons tune in BBC for five minutes of painless medicine. The rich, soothing voice that pours out of the radio sounds like a ham actor's impersonation of a family doctor. Britain's "Radio Doctor" dispenses no-nonsense counsel that seldom fails to cheer his listeners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: How Am I, Doctor? | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

...them, the hymn Praise, my Soul, the King of Heaven, has been selected by Princess Elizabeth as the opening hymn at her wedding. † To the tune composed by William Henry Monk, first musical editor of the Church of England's Hymns Ancient and Modern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Help of the Helpless | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

When the editors had the Little Red Cannon back in their hands this weekend, the staff odist penned some delirious lines to be sung to the tune of 'Casey at the Bat." They follow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rutgers Gets Stolen Cannon After Tip-Off by telegraph | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

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