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Chief U. S. illusion, says Priestley, is the notion that Americans are dyed-in-the-wool individualists, and for that reason hostile to the Russian collectivist scheme. The truth, he argues, pointing to the easy way of mass U. S. propaganda, to the lavish Russian imitation of U. S. ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Priestley in Wonderland | 3/29/1937 | See Source »

The records of the textiles, which here include embroideries, are certainly impressive. Perhaps no other art will disclose such possibilities for comparative study when all regions are ultimately brought into the national portfolios. In the textiles, the workmanship of the project artists is amazing. The colors are rich yet they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections and Critiques | 1/29/1937 | See Source »

Accused of murder by the dead patient's wife, Dumartin's first reaction is simple, physical flight. As a means of running away from himself, this is ineffective until, when he is looking down from a bridge, the reflection of his face in the water offers his subconscious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 25, 1937 | 1/25/1937 | See Source »

Like her autobiography, Masks was aimed nowhere in particular but hits the shopgirl public right under the fifth rib. Even Publisher Button describes the story as "pure romance." If Masks had been published anonymously, readers could have deduced that its author had led a sheltered life but had not been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Scratching Queen | 1/18/1937 | See Source »

Many beginners are under the illusion that waxing is just for experts who want their skis to glide exceptionally fast and that they can learn much better on slow skis. This is wrong as one has much better control over a fast gliding ski and besides a ski that is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SKOAL TO THE WAX HOUND | 12/18/1936 | See Source »

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