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The history of accidents shows that up until quite recent times accidents were generally considered to be Acts of God--that is, accidents just happened and nothing could be done about them. But today, efforts are being made to lower the number of accidents, for nowadays it is recognized that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Five Essential Factors Form Basic Cause Of Accidents; No Longer Thought Acts-of-God | 1/20/1941 | See Source »

The axiom that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line is a luxury of peacetime. Many of Britain's supplies for Egypt go around Africa. Most U. S. visitors to Berlin nowadays go by way of Japan, Manchukuo, Siberia, Russia.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Short Way Around | 1/13/1941 | See Source »

Cavalry in movement is still the finest sight in an Army, even though horses nowadays are good only for transporting men and guns. Modern cavalrymen are more like the old mounted infantry than traditional lancers, seldom or never fire from horseback, carry not a single sabre. General Richardson's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY: Flowing Horses | 12/23/1940 | See Source »

Piscator feels that Lear's picture of the ravages wrought by the power lust is especially relevant nowadays. It is. Whether or not Piscator's or others' stage inventions can add to Lear's bitter power, Piscator's Lear is a stimulating job.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Revival in Manhattan: Dec. 23, 1940 | 12/23/1940 | See Source »

Delicate Story (by Ferenc Molnar. produced by Gilbert Miller & Vinton Freedley). The famous Hungarian playwright-refugee Ferenc Molnar (Liliom, The Swan, The Guardsman) apparently has not been too depressed by a world at war. Nowadays he spends much of his time in Manhattan's Plaza Hotel bar, and he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Shows in Manhattan | 12/16/1940 | See Source »

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