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Evans makes the weakling Richard understandable, turns him-as his fortunes fail-into a pathetic if not sympathetic figure. Since the play is short on action but rich in language, it offers Evans his greatest chance to exploit his best asset-his melodious High-Church voice. When Evans took Richard II to Broadway early in 1937, this story of an abdicating English king gained piquancy and pathos because another English king had just abdicated. It goes on being effective with no help from the Windsors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Old Play in Manhattan: Apr. 22, 1940 | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

...large extent upon paradoxical international relations. Although politically aligned with the democracies, Mexico's economic mess has driven the country into closer economic relations with Japan, Germany and South American countries. Mexico still mortally fears gringo imperialism, whose representatives are again taking advantage of internal conditions to exploit the tour ist trade and mineral industries on the strength of the falling peso. And the Government will slap gringo wrists when it can get away with it. Last fortnight it ordered nationalized thousands of acres of U. S.-owned chicle lands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Cool Water on Oil | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

...Chemical Foundation, forgathered in Dearborn, Mich., five years ago, to add to the three rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, a fourth right of man: the "right of self-maintenance." This grandiose program started the National Farm Chemurgic Council, whose purpose is to find and exploit industrial uses for farm products...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: More Chemurgy | 4/8/1940 | See Source »

...what interested employes most was the account that Newsmen gave of their work at home and abroad. Main exploit on the home front last year was a News investigation of Moe Annenberg that led to his indictment and the cutting off of his wire service to bookmakers (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Newsmen's News | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

About ten centuries before Christ, Egypt's Rameses III conquered in sea battle a coalition of Trojans, Achaeans and Philistines. The better to exploit her new-won sea power, Egypt moved her capital from Thebes, 400 miles up river, to Tanis, 60 miles from modern Alexandria, close to the sea but not too close to suffer from pirates. The religious capital remained at Thebes, ruled by Amon's high priests. Smendes, sprig of a rich merchant family, founded the 21st (Tanis) Dynasty. His successor, Psousennes I, reigned 46 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Psousennes Found | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

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