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After his martial admission to "The community of the just upon earth," i.e., a tiny fictional subsect of the Scottish Reformed Church, young Robert Wring-him put on the full armor of God, and then some. The story of his un-Christian soldiering is told in The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Un-Christicm Soldier | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

...Soviet Citizen Dodonov...was suddenly dismissed from a factory for 'political reasons'...systematically beaten...kept on his feet without moving for 20 days...Soviet Citizeness Demidenko...received no food for six days...was beaten on the feet with clubs in an attempt to wring an admission from her that she had gathered some sort of information for the U.S.S.R...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: The Fur Flies | 8/29/1949 | See Source »

...speech, Opposition Leader Drew backed the pact 100%. Said Drew: "I hope that this House . . . will speak with one clear and ringing voice." After that. Defense Minister Claxton tore up the long rebuttal he had prepared. Beaming, St. Laurent popped out of his seat, strode across the aisle to wring George Drew's hand. Parliament approved the North Atlantic Treaty by a vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Clear Voice | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

...Paleface. Bob Hope and Jane Russell wring some horse laughs out of a parody on horse operas (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Jan. 24, 1949 | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

...Paleface. Bob Hope and Jane Russell wring some horse laughs out of a parody on horse operas (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Jan. 17, 1949 | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

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