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...value of local currency. Only in Switzerland will the tourist escape that danger. But there he may have to face another which will have the same effect. There was gossip that Switzerland would revalue its franc, raising it from 23.40 U.S. cents to 30 cents. This would automatically boost prices to tourists nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe Ho! | 12/9/1946 | See Source »

...Streit's counterpart in England, Agar will boost world federalism in Britain, report British viewpoints for Freedom & Union. He will work in his flat off Berkeley Square "because it's easier for me to be quiet there," will spend much of 1947 on a book which will tell "how our government developed the way it has." After that, it will be Freedom & Union full time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Happy Union | 12/9/1946 | See Source »

...school kids in St. Paul, Minn., had it easier than the Denver stay-at-homes; they didn't even have to listen to the radio. About 1,000 organized schoolteachers (A.F.L.) had walked out in the largest teachers' strike in U.S. history. Among their demands: a boost in salary minimums from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Teacher at the Mike | 12/9/1946 | See Source »

...potentialities of the team. Coach Warren Berg '44, while optimistic about his quintet's chances, admits that he is far from everconfident. He stated works together, the Tech Jayvees will be older and probably more experienced. a decisive win in the curtain raiser is always a great boost to the morale of the players, and Berg wants this game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rockwell Chosen To Lead '50 Five | 12/7/1946 | See Source »

...well-meant campaign to boost their own fast-growing film industry, many of London's critics have long been inhospitable to Hollywood exports. Last week, even before he had arrived in London, they told Walt Disney there was no room. "I am getting quite sick," wrote the Daily Herald's Chanticleer, "of all the publicity about Disney and his team of whimsical technicians, sailing here on the Queen Elizabeth...." When Snow White's creator finally arrived, Britain's press was waiting at a lavish combination cocktail party and press conference at the Savoy, paid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Mad Cocktail Party | 12/2/1946 | See Source »

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