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...character is destiny, what is the character of England now? Her present character may well show whether or not her imperial supremacy-which endured from Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth-can once again be saved in an hour of peril. And on that destiny-of-character may also largely depend, if her supremacy is almost over, what kind of world the U.S. will presently have to cope with. The following dispatch, by one of TIME's correspondents, is an attempt to estimate England's character-her spirit, her feelings, her attitudes-in the cold wet weather of defeat...
...Stafford had paused in Cairo to talk with Britain's Middle Eastern command, whose task may depend greatly on his work. Indian developments seemed to favor that work. After committee meetings, the Indian National Congress party, which has demanded complete independence, appeared to be in a receptive mood. Congress' Mohandas Gandhi spoke with easy informality of Sir Stafford: "I once had the pleasure of meeting him. The one thing we had in common is that he is a food faddist [vegetarian...
...Biggest market declines came in companies like Du Pont, Eastman Kodak, Dow Chemical, International Business Machines, whose conservative fiscal methods, progressiveness and aggressiveness had made them blue chips. Under the Treasury-proposed tax program, these sound peacetime policies will hardly pay; "excess profits" will be taxed 89%. Net will depend very little on good management now, very largely on how much money was earned five years ago or how much money was sunk in the company a generation back...
...Committee will then reconsider the matter, and the decision as to whether the bureau will be continued on a more permanent basis will depend on the placement situation at that time...
...music goes, we are a very tolerant decade, and willing to listen to almost any old symphonic scraps and husks which show signs of technical skill in the fashioning. As a result we have no single general style to use as a critical yardstick, and have to depend largely on our instinctive reactions. When, therefore, out of the common welter of academic modernism, music with Szostakowicz's internal strength and broad emotional appeal comes to light, then there is a mighty dither among critics and listeners alike, and the heavy-duty-adjectives are brought into play. On the whole, however...