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Admittedly, bulletins from the war zones must go through an intricate process of sifting before they can be "released for publication"; but whoever is supervising this sifting would do well to imitate the English experiment of omitting pep-lines and telling the public the worst. Confronted by the truth, the British people have remained steadfastly without panic, and without spurious optimism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Press in the War Zones | 2/18/1942 | See Source »

...Whoever his successor is, Dr. Lang will almost certainly be the last archbishop of his kind (just as he is the first unmarried Primate since the Reformation). The 20th Century does not breed his type of courtier-bishop. Since he first caught Queen Victoria's eye in 1896 with his tactful eloquence and for being "so human," he has been the friend and confidant of the royal family-except for Edward VIII, who called him a "sanctimonious humbug." He also is strong-willed and not afraid to speak his mind, even went to the unpopular extreme of defending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Cosmo Cantuar Steps Down | 2/2/1942 | See Source »

...Please tell whoever did the Winston Churchill piece in the Jan. 5 number . . . what a good writer he is. Churchill as "wholly British and half American" is perfection. I wish to heaven I'd thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 26, 1942 | 1/26/1942 | See Source »

...material aspects of Harvard are concerned, Robert Benchley (the senior) or whoever did the technical work on the problem, succeeds fairly well. There are no burly football players nonchalantly sporting their "H's." No shots of the "campus," to which the players habitually refer, are shown. The general atmosphere is one of restraint and luxury, with an understandable accent on luxury...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 1/16/1942 | See Source »

...acting, (this is the first decent chance she has had), and equals anything done on the screen in recent years. In many people's minds rests the belief that Hedy Lamarr is the last person in the world who could be expected to play Marvin Myles. But whoever suggested her had a stroke of genius...

Author: By P. C. S., | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/4/1941 | See Source »

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