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...Hari. It was Vichy's bewhiskered, palsied, senescent (64) Jean-Pierre Esteva, the five-star admiral who had been Marshal Petain's Resident General of Tunisia. Cried Counselor Mornet: Esteva was the creature of Petain, who will soon be brought to trial in absentia. Esteva did not resist the Germans in Tunisia; instead, he appealed to the Free French to desert, conscripted Tunisians to help the Axis. "I ask death for the man who was content to accept dishonor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: The Face of Dishonor | 3/26/1945 | See Source »

...than the latest is the series of stock Bogart melodramystical vehicles. Nothing that happens in "To Have and Have Not" is much of a surprise, but the movie as certainly--and perhaps deservedly--destined for a fantastically gigantic audience. Few will be the moviegoers who will be able to resist both Bacall and Bogart; dramaturgy is hardly to blame...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOVIEGOER | 3/6/1945 | See Source »

...University of Chicago, has warned of "educational hoboes"--veterans, unable to get jobs, who will be offered a chance to live at Government expense simply by going to school. In an article in Collier's magazine. Hutchins said, "Educational institutions, as the big-time football racket shows cannot resist money." "The GI Bill of Rights gives them a chance to get more money than they have ever dreamed of . . . They will not want to keep out un-qualified veterans; they will not want to expel those who fail." Hutchins recommended nation-wide examinations to screen out veterans who cannot succeed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Suggests GI Bill Revision | 1/23/1945 | See Source »

Warren Sheard got a call over, the P.A. system there too. It seems that they need another bright young man from a well known business school. Keith Miller returned to the base with almost 90 percent of a complete radio he had collected as souvenirs. The employees couldn't resist his "irresistible me" smile "a la Pondon...

Author: By Jack T. Shindler, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 1/19/1945 | See Source »

...Educational institutions, as the big-time football racket shows, cannot resist money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Hopes & Fears | 1/8/1945 | See Source »

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