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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...windshields gave more vision in many directions, but they also admitted more glare. Short drivers had difficulty in seeing over the hood. Slanting rear windows looked pretty but they collected snow in winter. Almost all the new cars were bigger or more powerful than their earlier prototypes; they rode easier, had a faster pickup and greater speed. Compared to prewar models they looked like custom-built guided missiles. What was worrying their owners was the job of keeping them that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORTATION: The Bridegroom's Lament | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

...over the world, people paid tribute to the dead man. Some of the eulogists found it easier to bury the meaning of Bernadotte's murder than to praise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Bernadotte's Eulogy | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

Complimenting last year's Council for its work despite the difficulties of a new constitution and a new Dean, Bender concluded with a prediction that this year would be "much smoother and easier...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bender Asks Council Action On Student Rights at Initial Meeting | 9/28/1948 | See Source »

...with ourselves." The voice, referring to "Cyrano's lifelong, self-denying love for Roxane," says that Cyrano made sense out of his existence "not by crying out in bitterness over his physical ugliness . . . [but] by making something out of himself." Listeners are told that it will be easier to win the battle with themselves if they have a church's guidance. Those who belong to no church are invited "to discover just how much help you can get when you receive that which only the church can give." In smaller cities, a local clergyman will come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Spiritual Foundations | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

Credit Plan. Westinghouse Electric Corp., which thought appliance sales might be nipped by the Government's installment credit curb, announced a new plan to make credit easier: Westinghouse will guarantee the buyer's bank loan. If he defaults, Westinghouse will buy back the equipment, and repay the balance of the loan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FACTS & FIGURES: Clicking Along | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

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