Word: background
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
With these words TIME, in its May 1, 1939 issue, introduced a new, occasional department, Background For War, dedicated to the proposition that world war was close at hand and that you would understand it better if we reviewed the events which led up to it. The most immediate violent reaction to this new department came from Nazi Germany, which banned TIME for what it considered keeps...
...Background For War ran its course through the turbulent spring and summer of 1939 and, excepting one later installment, gave way to another new department called World War the week the Wehrmacht invaded Poland. (This drew the wrath of many of you for presuming, you said, to call it a world war.) As the war progressed we added Army & Navy and World Battlefronts, changed National Affairs to U.S. at War, dropped World War and, when the end was in sight, introduced International as the correct repository for news of the peace to come, of UNO, and of all the events...
...quiet, genuine political talk--completely lacking in the usual ponderous phrases--gives "Flamingo Road" an accuracy which, with its background is quite appealing...
...Governments which "have no real moral background; they evolve of necessity in the direction of ever greater centralization and more stringent uniformity...
...well that in ater years he was able to produce better snowstorm photos than his rivals, simply by splattering ink on his negatives. He also did early composites, during a macabre era in which people liked to be photographed with shadowy pictures of their deceased spouses showing in the background. He tried to make money printing photographs on satin pillowcases (a fad of the times), went $1,500 in debt with his own studio, then joined...