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As unsuspecting Jack Campbell walked into the city room in the garish green Moorish castle that houses the Her-Ex, Red Nichols' band struck up Happy Birthday, and the staff presented the boss with a ten-foot bull whip and a wristwatch. As he took them, tears rolled down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Present for the Boss | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

Mao could not openly reject the plea. "Your message has been received," he wired back. "Our party is very willing to adopt lenient policies." But his heart was not in his terse reply; his heart was with his troops. At week's end, under able Generals Chen Yi and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: City of Victory | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

When they got their first copies of the April Pageant, several newsstand distributors wired the circulation director to complain that the issue seemed to be all fouled up. On the cover was a pretty girl, but she was also on the back cover, only upside down, and with four eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: April Fool | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

Pakistan's Governor General Khwaja Nazimuddin and Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan graciously wired congratulations and promoted the Amir to lieutenant general in Pakistan's army. It was the Amir's turn to be gracious. As a climax to his fabulous shindig, he announced the first popular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: A Sneer for a Prince | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

President Li had already picked his new Premier; precise, poker-faced General Ho Ying-chin, formerly Minister of National Defense and chief delegate to the U.N. Military Committee. In Hangchow to pass his 60th birthday, Ho first demurred that he was unworthy of the job, then wired Li his acceptance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Birthday Present | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

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