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Under Cinema, TIME, Sept. 13, you state in a footnote that in Russian the adjective meaning "red" also means "pretty," hence the play on words in speaking of a "red girl" in the Communist sense. Whoever wrote that had better have a talk with Mr. Berlitz and brush up his Russian because krasnaya meaning "red" and krasivaya meaning "pretty" are similar in appearance but entirely different in meaning. I quote the feminine form of the adjective and the transliteration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 11, 1937 | 10/11/1937 | See Source »

...Dayton, Ohio, police are looking for whoever it might be that stole, piece by piece, six houses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 6, 1937 | 9/6/1937 | See Source »

...Whoever succeeds James McCauley Landis as chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission this fall will inherit not only old problems but a portfolio chock-full of new and zestful business. Milestones in the Commission's career last week were: 1) the first arrest brought about by SEC lawyers, and 2) the first application for reorganization filed with SEC under the Public Utility Holding Company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Arrest & Development | 9/6/1937 | See Source »

...that's a rumor, that's a lie and whoever told you that is a liar!" shouted Mr. Girdler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Steel Front | 7/5/1937 | See Source »

...Whoever is guilty of any of the fore going acts shall be immediately shot. (Five individuals already since yesterday have suffered this just punishment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Red Fezzes, White Book | 6/7/1937 | See Source »

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