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...will be assigned a country to represent at the conference, and will be expected to conduct a study of the political, economic, and social problems of the nation. Aided by Columbia reading lists, Harvard will prepare to lobby for its assigned country and will use the study as a background in constructing the model treaty...
...Frenchman's Creek" is an example of what Technicolor, aided by a good musical background, can do to make even a mediocre film stimulating and entertaining, if you're not too critical...
...think anyone should minimize TIME'S own "prediction" of the outcome of the 1944 Presidential election. You seem to have hit it on the head. On the cover of TIME for Oct. 23, 1944 you carry a picture of Thomas Dewey and in the background you have three small replicas of the White House flying away from...
...been content to fight two wars, let the honors fall where they may. Field Marshal (then General) Sir Bernard L. Montgomery won the glory of North Africa, but behind his brilliant tactics was the brilliant strategy of his chief-Alexander. In Italy, too, Alexander stayed in the background, let Generals Mark W. Clark of the Fifth and Sir Oliver Leese of the Eighth win the headlines in the long march up the peninsula of Italy. In his new post Alexander will still have the overall guidance of the Italian campaign, also guide the Empire's hand in the Balkans...
...next step is up to France's new Minister of Finance, René Pleven. Known better as a colonial administrator than financier, he nevertheless has a solid industrial background, the deft hand which will be needed in dealing with the public. And he has one sturdy prop: the U.S. army in France is, in effect, a huge tourist army. The U.S. Treasury now buys francs to pay these troops, supplements the francs with invasion currency, also redeemed by the U.S. Thus, France is building up its dollar credits at the rate of millions monthly. (In 1937, U.S. tourists spent...