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...triumphantly made it all come out even. The Frenchman and the obstetrician account for the two daughters, while the husband and wife remain idyllicly united, despite some complications with the worldly aunt, who cops the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the only character in the picture who doesn't remind the audience at least one that "this is 1876!" "Centennial Summer's" ingenuity is surpassed only by its dullness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

...Geneva's League of Nations Palace, that UNRRA cease operations in Europe by Oct. 1 for lack of cash, he stirred up a whirlwind of protest. Seven small nations, backed by Russia, pleaded that UNRRA aid be continued. Said Poland's Hilary Mine: "Those who suggest liquidation remind me of architects who, after great effort, build a house but stop short of a roof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: The Roofless House | 8/19/1946 | See Source »

...This brisk, colorful history, first published in 1909 and now reissued, has been so long out of print that it will seem new to most readers. It will remind others of the part played by a flat-bottomed river steamer in the bloodiest little land battle in U.S. annals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steamboat Story | 8/19/1946 | See Source »

When a character begins to slow the plot, Author Jennings shoots him or gives him a fatal tumble from the to'gallants. Wandering around in the background-as though to remind the reader that life in those days was more than just tosspots and sea-chanteys-are Sammy Adams, Tommy Jefferson and old General Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Freedom of the Seas | 8/19/1946 | See Source »

...first time in many years, I was pleased by a new note. In the old days, the president used to say as he gave out each degree: "I admit you to all its rights and privileges." At this commencement, President Seymour in awarding degrees said solemnly: "I remind you of its duties and admit you to its rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 29, 1946 | 7/29/1946 | See Source »

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