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...Chinese Communist assault. The new list, dated Jan. 10, brings the announced cost for six months of the war to 42,713 U.S. dead, wounded and missing­almost twice the total number of ground troops dispatched to the Korean front by all other U.N. allies. The breakdown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: U.S. WAR CASUALTIES | 1/22/1951 | See Source »

Reviewing Tchelitchew's new show, one critic brashly suggested that the artist had begun painting transparent heads because of a nervous breakdown, and congratulated him for having learned "to look at nerves, not as a patient, but as an artist." Nonsense, says Tchelitchew. "My nerves are very strong, though I don't know why for I was treated all my life rather badly, by critics especially. My crise de nerfs were microscopical tropical leeches that were exactly eating me to pieces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Headscapes | 1/15/1951 | See Source »

Washington considered the breakdown of negotiations a serious setback to its hopes that Iran might be made defensible against Russia. Two years ago, a group of U.S. experts, Overseas Consultants, Inc., surveyed Iran's resources and development needs. In 1949, the Majlis set aside all oil revenues to pay for the seven-year development plan drawn up by Overseas Consultants, Inc. (TIME, Oct. 24, 1949). Now, the Iran-Anglo-Iranian deadlock meant no money, no development. Meanwhile, the need for the plan had grown: Iran was reeling from crop failures, business was stagnant, half a million were unemployed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Troubled Oil | 1/8/1951 | See Source »

...universities, has supported the U.M.S program as outlined by the Association of American Universities. This includes a draft of all men at age 18 for two years of military service, with some sort of deferment system to be used until there are enough men returning to prevent a full breakdown in the nation's colleges and professions...

Author: By William M. Simmons, | Title: Defense Heads Favor UMS, Seek to Extend Service For Draftees | 1/5/1951 | See Source »

...visitor might wonder just what keeps the P.B.H. men this side of a nervous breakdown. Running a three-ring circus is a challenge, but they all seem to relish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: P.B.H. Volunteers Assist Children In 33 Boston Settlement Houses | 12/7/1950 | See Source »

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