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Perhaps the most remarkable document in the annals of U.N. was submitted to the Assembly last week. It was part of a report by the U.N. Headquarters Commission on a permanent U.N. site, and was written by the French commission member, one of the world's most-touted architects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Pyramidal Peace | 11/4/1946 | See Source »

Mrs. Baker's book is a gold mine of hints to the legless (of whom there are some 128,000 in the U.S.). Samples: 1) watch out for dogs-they are liable to get a paw caught in your crutch; 2) the most efficient and attractive crutch position is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Leg & I | 11/4/1946 | See Source »

Because their dry paddies were golden with ripening grain, Japanese entered enthusiastically last week into their Thanksgiving day, Kannamesai, which dates back to 28 B.C. Emperor Hirohito donned gaudy ceremonial robes, cleansed his hands with holy water and reported to his imperial ancestors on the new crop. Then he placed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Thanksgiving | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

But however excellent the production and performance, the essence of great dramatic poetry is verbal, and the bottom of this play's new success was that Andre Gide had kept the greatness of great words in a new language. Samples: ¶ O that this too, too solid flesh would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Hamlet in Paris | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

Teeth Around the Ring. Like the auto industry, the toy industry in general figured that demand was strong enough to make new lines unnecessary. But there are some new toys. Samples: ¶ A wooden penguin which continually dunks its beak into a glass of water. (The secret: a reaction between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOYS: Whee! | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

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