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...brick against bombs that have not fallen for three years-is this the city's sly hint of new German militarism waiting another chance? The great Soviet tank on the Potsdamer Chaussee, mounted on concrete-does it mean something that it faces out from the city, pointed westward? The American signs-are they unintentionally pointed in announcing: "Think, act, drive carefully-the life you save may be your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: On a Sandy Plain | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

General Hu had to abandon Yenan to save his northern flank. Then he raced westward to hold the Szechuan passes. An urgent call to roly-poly Governor Ma Hung-kwei of Ninghsia Province brought him two divisions of tough Moslem caval ry. In one of the Nationalists' few well-executed maneuvers, the Reds were boxed by superior force and fire power near Pao-chi, a river crossing on the way to Szechuan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Chest-Thumper | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

Britain's David Low last week depicted the Man in the Kremlin looking smugly down from his citadel, watching how the outside world continued building an image of him as an infallible octopus. As usual, Low had a good point. The Man in the Kremlin, looking westward into capitalist paganry, had some things to worry about himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Positions for May Day | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

...atomic proving grounds on Eniwetok was lifted last week. Congressional members of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy were invited to fly out soon for new atomic tests. There were no further details. But knowing Hawaiians, who had watched the ships of Atomic Task Force Seven steam westward out of Pearl Harbor a month ago, guessed that initial phases of the tests might already be under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Top Secret | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

Logan's duties at the College will terminate in June, and he plans to head westward at the end of that month...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Job Vanishes; Logan Takes Post at UCLA | 3/19/1948 | See Source »

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