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But Widow Tierney scares so spiritedly, and is so fond of the house, that the ex-seaman gets to liking her. He even shoos off the in-laws who come to pester her, and at length settles down to dictating his memoirs, which are as briny ashore as at sea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jun. 23, 1947 | 6/23/1947 | See Source »

One of Vienna's most magnificent squares-the Heldenplatz (Square of Heroes), with its huge statues-is now the front yard of the Russian headquarters. Russian soldiers perch like drab birds on the base of Prinz Eugen's statue and little Russian boys in dark blue school uniforms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TWILIGHT IN THE HELDENPLATZ: TWILIGHT IN THE HELDENPLATZ | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

"It is interesting to see the variations on this general theme in the different countries of western Europe. The Dutch are desperately reconstructing and wistfully hoping for some encouragement on the colonial front. The French center most of their attention on their own confused political situation, and rather gloomily look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, May 19, 1947 | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

Don't point the finger of blame at the low taste of the public. Unjustly but firmly, it has been aimed there by publishers and songwriters, who have set up certain criteria as to "what will sell." According to them, only the most simple tunes and elemental hackneyed lyrics will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From the Pit | 3/11/1947 | See Source »

This nation's responsibilities do not stop at its frontiers. When and if the United States settles its labor-management squabbles, levels off its price fluctuations, and begins to enjoy the as yet unrealized fruits of peace and full employment, it will face the even more important problem of promating...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Front and Center | 1/13/1947 | See Source »

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