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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...thousands of Poles in America who listened eagerly to his every message of hope. On September 19th, as Warsaw held out for the last straw of independence, Potocki was already looking to the future: "If the enemy shall succeed in Poland, the time will come, as it has so often in the history of our country, that Poland will rise again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 11/15/1939 | See Source »

...weather, over terrain which alternates fantastic Chinese-print mountains with treacherous rice-paddy terraces, they have had no serious accidents which were not brought on by Japanese guns. Because traditional modes of transportation in free China-oxcart, ass, camel, over miserable roads-are unbearably slow, and because trucks so often break down in Chinese hands, these lines are so heavily booked that some passengers have to wait a month for a seat. The planes are always filled to maximum capacity. Eurasia flies Junkers, C. N. A. C. flies Douglases, and both use German Telefunken wireless compasses and direction-finders-among...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: New Route, New Factory | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

...Music often conquers children's fears. To get a child to jounce on a board, a Broadoaks teacher pipes a jouncing song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Parents, Relax! | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

...some cases within one minute. Tests appearing within five minutes were considered . . . very strong. If no coagulation appeared in ten minutes, the test was negative. The complete method . . . yields final results within a maximum of 20 minutes from the time of receiving a patient, and this time may often be appreciably shortened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Syphilis Signal | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

...worry about disobedience, lying, pants-wetting, thumbsucking, crying, jealousy. Often the best treatment is to say nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Parents, Relax! | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

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