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Finally an Italian-American soldier shouted: "Veni qui." A figure then crept from the pillbox on all fours, ran down the hill, screaming and sobbing. He was seized, searched, left behind. That particular unit had met its first Italian in Sicily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle Of Sicily: March From The Beaches | 7/26/1943 | See Source »

...Veni, Vidi, Vici. Bernard Montgomery was the hero of Britain last week. He was the man who, for the first time in World War II, had routed a German Army. He is an austere man, the son of a bishop and the grandson of Dean F. W. Farrar, who wrote a life of Christ. An Ulsterman, born in County Donegal, he was marked for the clergy. He went into the Army, but the mark of his religious upbringing is still deep in him. His hero is Oliver Cromwell, who also smote his enemies and praised God. At Dunkirk Bernard Montgomery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: The Bishop's Son | 11/16/1942 | See Source »

Alas, gone is the objectivity of your National Affairs section. When will you add the slogan "Veni Vidi Vilki" to your masthead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Letters, Oct. 7, 1940 | 10/7/1940 | See Source »

...cardinal-advocate approaches, petitions the Pope that Bernadette be added to the calendar of saints-"instanter." The Pope replies that God's guidance must be asked. The congregation chants the Litany of Saints. The advocate repeats his petition-"instanter, instantius." The Pope repeats his reply. The choir sings Veni Creator. Once more the advocate pleads -"instanter, instantius, instantissime." Thereupon the Pope pronounces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Miraculous Waters | 12/11/1933 | See Source »

...Feel My Muscle, You're Not the Domestic Type, An Ugly Old Thing Like Me, What Do You Think Your Husband's Doing?, Music Gets Me. Author Hahn calls Seductio ad Absurdum a beginner's handbook, announces a course for advanced students in preparation: The Seducers Veni Mecum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: How To Get It | 4/7/1930 | See Source »

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