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...employ two systems. First, wait till the sun comes out, then pull forth the bayonet and shake it over the head so the Italians can see the gleams. Then put the bayonet on the rifle. Second, gather shoulders-to-shoulders, take a deep breath and together shout: 'Aera! Aera!' " Aera means "wind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Plunderpraxis | 8/25/1941 | See Source »

Scene III: The two men face each other on deck. Franklin Roosevelt's cigaret is burning brightly at the end of his long holder. Winston Churchill's long black cigar, crooked between his fingers, has gone out. The two men shake hands gravely, then the President makes a crack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War, STRATEGY: President & Prime Minister | 8/18/1941 | See Source »

Over the fate of the great European collections U.S. zoomen can only shake sad heads. In London poisonous snakes have been put to death lest they get loose during an air attack. But conditions are nowhere so bad as during the siege of Paris in 1870. Then the beasts in the splendid Jardin des Plantes were butchered for food. Lion, elephant and hippopotamus meat sold for $5 a pound, was hard to get even at that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Bottleneck in Giraffes | 8/11/1941 | See Source »

...Under Secretary of State for Defense. General de Gaulle helped to persuade Premier Reynaud to continue the war-against the arguments for armistice of Weygand, Pétain and others-and he flew to London to tell Winston Churchill that France would see it through. Weygand refused to shake hands with him when he returned. When Reynaud lost heart and resigned in favor of Pétain, De Gaulle flew to London for keeps. There is more than fiction to the legend told about him to Negroes in Cameroun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Reconquering An Empire | 8/4/1941 | See Source »

...Army has more young musicians than anyone can shake a baton at. The best white swing band yet formed in an Army camp set out last week from Fort Dix, N.J. to go on a tour of other camps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: With Drum & Trumpet | 8/4/1941 | See Source »

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