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...press of Paris and London let go with a broadside of invective. "King Quisling," sneered the London Evening Standard. "King of the Fifth Column," echoed the Daily Mirror. In Paris the best that Leopold was called was "traitor" and "felon king." Paris-soir reported that General Walter von Reichenau's peace terms, which Leopold accepted, included the turning over to the Germans of all war materiel intact, free passage of the German Army to the sea. The French Legion of Honor struck Leopold's name from its rolls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: Why Leopold Quit | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

...like to drove me crazy!" he exclaimed. "The first thing I saw was a pretty nurse. She seemed impossible, and she had great big brown eyes. How they sparkled! When I looked into a mirror, I didn't know whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Color Feelings | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

...things like Strauss waltzes and wire-haired terrier puppies that only a confirmed sourpuss could dislike. His Senator Loganberry takes rank with his Ambassador Goodhue and his Vice President Throttlebottom. A dazed, roly-poly babe-in-the-wood, he is probably surprised that he casts a reflection in a mirror. He has never been better than when, dressed as a fat Roman Senator for the Mardi Gras, he wails helplessly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Musical in Manhattan: Jun. 10, 1940 | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

...startled the auto-racing world by winning the first 500-mile Indianapolis auto race at an average speed of 74 m.p.h. More startling still was the fact that he drove around the two-and-a-half-mile, brick-&-asphalt oval without a mechanic at his side-relying on a mirror to inform him of what his opponents were doing behind his back. Since that day, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has been the proving ground for many another automotive innovation: balloon tires, four-wheel brakes, Ethyl gasoline, straight-eight motors. But to auto-racing fans, the annual Indianapolis Memorial Day classic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Shaw Wins | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

...winning film depicts a girl seated before a triangular mirror lighting a cigarette which later turns out to be marihuana. She is then transported to a country of changing landscapes and dream sequences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Film Society Award Given to Youngson for "Smoke Dreams" | 5/29/1940 | See Source »

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