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...early evening Albert Clément and his wife left the office of Le Cri du Peuple on the Rue Vivienne and started toward the boulevard. A small bicyclist, standing near by in a dark blue beret and shirt, suddenly pushed his wheel into the Cléments and fired four pistol shots, killing M. Clément and wounding his wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Death in the Rue Vivienne | 6/15/1942 | See Source »

...them, yes, I saw their unbreathing armies marching against the Capitol in ranks that filled the boulevard from curb to curb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Inopportune | 2/16/1942 | See Source »

...address a message for them all to their Commander in Chief: "Dear Mr. Roosevelt: Our P-40 is full of holes. Please send us a new one." In Washington Congress proposed a Congressional Medal of Honor for Douglas MacArthur, considered naming a projected TVA dam and a Washington boulevard (now Conduit Road) in his honor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: MACARTHUR AND HIS MEN | 2/16/1942 | See Source »

...when I hear this kind of trash I can't help thinking of a little boy shouting at the local bully "Just you wait till my big brother gets after you." Another thing, don't forget that these songs are the product of that lucre-loving, back-stabbing boulevard known as Tin Pan Alley. Therefore, they are by definition a commodity, written, composed, and played in a commercial rather than a patriotic spirit. Finally, I don't think it's quite fair to America to call them American songs-- they're not even Japanese...

Author: By Charles Miller, | Title: SWING | 2/13/1942 | See Source »

...Army will need all roads in case of emergency, the business of evacuating Los Angeles County would take, at the minimum, 16 days. Another Council theory is: no blackouts. Instead, it plans to try out a system of changing light patterns. Thus, in case of trouble, traffic on Wilshire Boulevard (from the air, a steady band of light) would be shifted to other streets. Similar shifts are in order for other major arteries, but precise details are another secret...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIVILIAN FRONT: Los Angeles Gets Ready | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

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