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...them may have been. For in addition to their psychological disqualifications, they have on the whole been uninformed on all matters relating to government. Of General Marshall, it can certainly be said that he brings to a job which requires a knowledge of economics and foreign trade a woeful lack of information. But the fact of the appointment remains--and General Marshall's tremendous popularity with the Congress assures instant Senate ratification of his appointment. With the great issues of the peace still unsettled, the people of the United States can only fervently wish him well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. Byrnes and General Marshall | 1/8/1947 | See Source »

...weeks ago this space was filled with woeful meanings about the state of jazz in the hub of the universe. Rather than eat those words it was decided to dedicate two columns to this wonderful new band, and certainly this decision was not over generous. When Edmond puts down his black stick after a set and steps down off the stage with one of his tight, nervous little smiles as if to say "well, top that if you can," he can be sure that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jazz | 11/29/1946 | See Source »

...miracle worked by sun, soil, rain and the hardworking U.S. farmer was almost awesome. For four years of war, despite woeful manpower shortages and the hazards of frost, drought, insects and disease, the nation's farms had produced bumper crops with machine-like regularity. Now, in defiance of the odds, the land was heavy with crops once more. They were so prodigally good that the U.S. would be able to go on feeding half a world and still provide bigger meals for the dining-room tables of its own wellfed people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The Good News | 8/19/1946 | See Source »

Respectable Woman. To keep abreast of the woeful tide, Mrs. Gilmer is up at 7 a.m. With a stenographer and her companion-secretary, she zips through her daily grist with a sharp eye out for the "angle" that will cue a sermonette. Every afternoon her chauffeur drives her through Audubon Park and back to the swank Prytania Street apartment. Her stock wisecrack, when showing guests her fine Louis XIV bed: "I'll bet I'm the only respectable woman who ever slept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Dear Miss Dix | 4/22/1946 | See Source »

...Bronx. Its theme: the effort of decent, poor newlyweds to live as well as they can. Its thesis: love and fortitude can handle anything that economic injustice throws their way. The story is told mainly in flashbacks as Bill Cummings (Mark Stevens) goes through his old, familiar, woeful process of looking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Apr. 22, 1946 | 4/22/1946 | See Source »

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