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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...even at its most Middle Western, Russia can go suddenly Middle Eastern. I saw two camels hitched to a hay-cutter of the exact model we use on my farm in New Jersey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: A REPORTER AMONG THE PEOPLE | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

...agrees with such old revolutionists as ex-President Lazaro Cardenas that the basis of national prosperity lies in a prosperous countryside. But he argues further that people cannot have the good things of life till they have produced enough of them. That means that Mexico must make better use of its land. It also means that Mexico must get in step with the modern world by industrializing itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Good Friend | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

Several Hollywood experts wanted the world to know who is responsible for all that glamor. For instance, when Ingrid Bergman first came to Hollywood, she had to use an onion to bring on the tears. With the help of the make-up men, she had learned to use a menthol inhaler. One technician recalled that he had successfully taped back one of Alan Ladd's ears (the other one is all right). Another had taped both of Frank Sinatra's ears to minimize his "handle-cup appearance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Apr. 28, 1947 | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

Aside from the mound problem no lineup problems are bothering Samborski. He expects to use Walt Coulson, John Caulfield and Len Lunder in the outfield Bill Fitz, Captain Jack Forte, Saul Mariaschin, and John Coppinger in the infield and Bill Hamlen behind the plate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Baseball Team Seeks Third Ivy Win, Faces Thrice-Beaten Cornell Today | 4/26/1947 | See Source »

...prophet of prefabrication since 1910, he heads the prefab field in the U. S. today with his General Panel Corporation. A distinctive Gropius feature, "component parts," provides for the manufacture of separate construction units, rather than whole houses, ready for assembly to suit any man's individuality. In intelligent use of prefabrication he feels much of our housing problem will be solved...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Profile | 4/25/1947 | See Source »

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