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Dates: during 1940-1949
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A Time for Questions. A unique blend of Mediterranean and Oriental cultures, Macao is the Far East's oldest European colony. It is smaller than Manhattan, and its population (300,000), mostly Chinese, is less than Newark's. Four centuries ago, it became Europe's first port...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MACAO: A Time for Circumspection | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

The government corporation had plenty of excuses. First there were heavy rains, then a severe drought. The bush in the Kongwa district had "proved unduly obstinate"; it took eight hours to clear one acre instead of the estimated two. Kongwa soil hardens until it becomes "like a tennis court." Tractors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Groundnuts on the Rocks | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

The Metro is closed from 1 until 6 in the morning. Rush hours occur just about the same time as in a U.S. city. The crowds are heavy too, but they do not push their way in & out of cars with the blunt fury of stampeding cattle (as is customary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: The Metro | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

The Producer. In her 18 years as one of the two regulars among Broadway's few women producers,* Regina's Cheryl Crawford has managed to combine hardheaded business instinct and high-minded theatrical taste. The results were more praiseworthy than profitable until she found a knack for offbeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical Play in Manhattan, Nov. 14, 1949 | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

Alfred Stieglitz was the best photographer ever to come down the pike. Until he died in 1946, the spindly, black-caped little man was also a prophetic educator in the cause of modern art. His widow, Painter Georgia O'Keeffe, has carried on his educational work as executrix of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Many Ways | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

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