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...Tent. The correspondents and Kathy saw thousands of corpses; the authorities said that Katyn Forest contained some 12,000. Then the party went into one of four large grey-green army tents, clumping the snow and muck off their boots as they entered. It was warmer inside and the stench was overpowering. Dr. Prozorovsky ripped open a corpse numbered 808, sliced chunks off the brain like cold meat, knifed through the chest and pulled out an atrophied organ. "Heart," he said, holding it out to Kathy. Then he slit a leg muscle. "Look how well preserved the meat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Day in the Forest | 2/7/1944 | See Source »

Warren, though personally warmer and more ingratiating than Dewey, has even fewer intimates. Both are politically cautious. But both have proved excellent governors, with a talent for leadership, for organization, and for picking able assistants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Man of the West | 1/31/1944 | See Source »

...mercury drops, layers of clothing are added inside the outer shell: extra shirts, trousers, underwear. The discovery by the Army Quartermaster Corps (which had few advantages in its youth) that separate layers of cloth are warmer than one extra-thick layer like an overcoat, is not new. Chinese coolies, for instance, have known for centuries that two 4-lb. coats are warmer than one 8-lb. coat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - EQUIPMENT: Fashion Note (G.I.) | 1/17/1944 | See Source »

...looks like rain.' What does-Cramholtz & Eder's store?. . . Then of course there is the inevitable answer to it looks like rain-i.e., 'You never can tell.' Who never can tell? . . . Don't say WE can't tell. . . . Slightly scattered showers and warmer tonight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Fowl Play | 1/3/1944 | See Source »

With plenty of food and attention, Lady Moe waxed fat. She found where the chow line formed, pushed her way in. She decided the Nissen huts were warmer than her own small tent, often startled jumpy flyers by flopping down beside them in the dark. Nightly, her gravel-throated braying-brought more & more muttered curses. She had even less endearing habits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Lady Moe | 12/27/1943 | See Source »

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