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...burgeoning Air Forces' training system. Said one of the new group commanders last week: "When I got back and told my mother what we are up against in this war she was speechless. She had been reading the papers and she really thought we had been knocking hell out of a bunch of pushovers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR: Last Parade | 2/22/1943 | See Source »

...Hughes's private plane. Deeply moved by these first samples, Hughes demanded that Hawks spend more lavishly. By second week's end Hawks had become so appalled at Hughes's extravagance that he resigned. Hughes took over himself, set out as if he intended to outdo Hell's Angels, on which he spent $4,000,000, got back $8,000,000. When M.G.M. scooped him by rushing out a picture called Billy the Kid (1941), Hughes was merely goaded to fresh expenditures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hughes's Western | 2/22/1943 | See Source »

...closed his eyes, but reopened them in a second, jumping out of bed in the same instant. "Oh, hell. But I can't cut classes any more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 2/17/1943 | See Source »

Experience of the South Pacific war shows that the Jap is no superman and can be beaten. Osami Nagano can be beaten, but not without one hell of a scrap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: How Japs Fight | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

...make the rounds of four black-market outfits. In one I say to the guy 'I'll bet you $25 you can't get me a side of beef.' I lay the cash on the table and I always lose the bet. What the hell would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: The Steer Hangs High | 2/8/1943 | See Source »

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