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Up before the members of the American Newspaper Publishers Association meeting in Manhattan last week stepped Elisha Hanson, the A.N.P.A.'s general counsel. "I have the unpleasant duty to inform you," he said, "that the Department of Justice is about to initiate an antitrust action against the A.N.P.A., charging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Publishers v. Trustbusters | 5/9/1955 | See Source »

When troops are not being machine-gunned, young ladies not being violated and Clive Brook not being fantastically cool as he thrashes some bounder, the rest of the passengers take up the slack with much interesting chatter. There is a nice old lady who may, or may not, be a...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: Shanghai Express | 4/23/1955 | See Source »

Literature abounds with testimonials by narcotics addicts-De Quincey, Coleridge, Baudelaire, Cocteau-to the beauties of the neverland to which their favorite dope has transported them. Most medical textbooks have copied each other's statements that the effect of narcotics is uniformly pleasant. But most people who try a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Matters of Mood | 4/18/1955 | See Source »

Unpleasant Alternatives. The estimate of Communist intent is based on an observable military buildup and on corroborating intelligence from top-secret sources. On the China mainland facing Quemoy, the Reds are moving into revetted positions heavy artillery of 155 mm. and up. There are some 250 observable positions along a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Time of Decision | 4/4/1955 | See Source »

The continuing question of "Who Lost China" would indicate that some change has taken place in Asia; yet present policy seems to ignore the fact that Chiang Kai shek no longer rules over 500,000,000 Chinese. Like the ostrich who tries to wish away unpleasant facts by burying his...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Recognizing Red China | 3/31/1955 | See Source »

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