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Moslem-Hindu religious and social differences top the list of hindrances to Indian independence from British rule. Probably the most frequent and most telling answer Great Britain gives to demands for immediate dominion status is: "Once freed, India would destroy itself in civil war." The rift divides India as permanently as the Mississippi divides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Jinnah Split | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

...footnote, Carolyn also learns about Love, and doesn't hesitate to point out such shortcomings as she finds in Madeleine's technique. The whole is a bright little comedy of an unimportant sort whose serious moments are dull and few, and whose subtle moments are clever and frequent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

...things, the rich man's murder. There's a nifty bit of Rube Goldbergiana concerning the firing of a pistol, but otherwise the film ends with very little clarification of anything save the fact that Nick Charles leads a very merry married life. However, the conversation sparkles at frequent intervals and Myrna Loy wears a negligee now and then for a man's money this is enough...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/1/1939 | See Source »

...Japanese farming villages, is largely sustained by work exchange and other forms of communal cooperation. Farmers cooperate with their neighbors in rice growing, financing the needy (a credit pool is often a form of lottery that continues for years), bridge building, house building, roof repairing, funeral arrangements, and frequent drinking parties celebrating the completion of farming jobs or such vital events as birth, marriage, or the sending of a conscripted son to the army. Strong is the incentive to cooperation: he who gives none gets none. Through agricultural associations the Government teaches the best farming methods; through the village school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Upper Upper to Lower Lower | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...Elis left little doubt as to their superiority excelling the favored Crimson in every department. Behind a fast charging line, Burr and Seymour slipped through for frequent gains, but Freddy Burr's passes to Allen Bartholemy made the real difference today. Special Wire to the CRIMSON...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE BEATS HARVARD, 20--7 | 11/25/1939 | See Source »

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