Word: viewpoint
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...married Farouk's uncle, retired to live "on a rose-tinted cloud." The cloud burst in 1918, when the Prince died. The Egyptian Government grabbed her husband's $14 million estate and all her jewels. In 14 years of suits, the Princess had acquired nothing but a viewpoint: "I think anyone makes a great mistake in giving up a successful career...
Those of you who have had a chance to talk to businessmen home from Europe have undoubtedly benefited by their first-hand observations of the European scene, and have found that such a viewpoint provides a matter-of-fact, often illuminating postscript to the excellent reports of trained American journalists. A case in point is TIME's advertising director, Harry Phillips, who went to England, France, Belgium, Switzerland and The Netherlands to examine postwar business conditions there and to talk to exporters about advertising in TIME Inc.'s overseas editions. Some excerpts from his strictly personal report...
...another of TIME'S editors who had profited from reading him, but the moment never seemed quite right. It seemed eminently right when the Oxford University Press announced that his six-volume work would be made available to laymen in abridged form -for Toynbee's fresh viewpoint on history was more than ever applicable to the difficult problems of today...
...school, include bank presidents, railroaders, and oilmen. All got grease on their hands at University School. Says Peters: "It is good for a boy, especially one who is likely to operate a factory later, to understand machines and how they run. It is also good for his viewpoint as a future employer of labor...
...have written in so far, better than half, surprisingly enough, are men. The nature of the replies (only two have sided with our California reader) has been indicated by the three letters the editors picked to run in the April 7 issue. More interesting than their condemnation of a viewpoint, however, is what these letters reveal about TIME'S readers themselves...