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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...never look above the ankles. The small-jointed ones run fastest, even when they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Ricksha Men's Petition | 4/15/1946 | See Source »

...Volksparteiler. The Communists, though not considered important, somehov,' managed to have better offices and a better organizational setup than their stronger opponents. The biggest thorn in the Tyrolean toe is the force that shapes their lives, the French occupation troops. They have requisitioned the finest houses, the fastest cars, the most luxurious hotels. Once 35,000 strong, they reduced their total to 10,000, but helped make up the difference by bringing in their wives and children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: Where Change Comes Slowly | 4/15/1946 | See Source »

...fastest through service now offered is 69 hours. Soon this will be cut to 67 hours as roads return to prewar running times and dovetail schedules more closely. If there is enough demand for the service, railroads may schedule through trains to make the transcontinental trip in less than 60 hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Through Trains at Last | 4/1/1946 | See Source »

...Budge was the greatest player the world ever saw-up to now. I'll run Budge down. I'm probably the fastest player who ever played tennis. I play his forehand: that's his big weakness. I have no weakness. That's why I'm better. This tour is putting a great player with a weakness against a great player with no weakness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Man with No Weakness | 3/18/1946 | See Source »

...Angeles, Tuesday to San Francisco, or through cars attached to regular trains. In either case, the through train, or the cars, will pull into one Chicago terminal, then be shunted to a western road by way of Chicago's complicated maze of belt lines and yards. Fastest time for the cross-country trip will be cut from 67 hours to 59 hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: No Stop at Chicago | 3/18/1946 | See Source »

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