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...directing, acting and technical talents as $3 million could buy, has bought himself a sure-fire hit-with a little to spare. Like most good mass entertainments, this picture has occasional moments of knowing hokum; but unlike most sure-fire movies, it was put together with good taste, honesty, wit-and even a strong suggestion of guts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, Nov. 25, 1946 | 11/25/1946 | See Source »

...Irish wit-and wisdom-came notably from Fordham University's president, the Very Rev. Robert I. Gannon S.J. Said he: "The world needs Ireland. The world needs De Valera. For no matter what else he is-and he has his faults-he is a man of principle-and hence a most conspicuous figure in international affairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: The World Needs Ireland | 3/27/1944 | See Source »

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