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...truthful, and do as you did in 1938 when you named Hitler Man of the Year. Name World Enemy No. 1, Joe Stalin, Man of this Year. By doing so you may help shock the rank & file out of their inertia and into the realization of the serious situation confronting...
Four to Go. The State Department, in a matter of minutes, began quaking at such boldness. When the shock waves hit Western Europe, newspapers blazed with headlines. Did this mean that Douglas MacArthur could drop the atomic bomb whenever he felt like it? No, no, no, said the White House in a formal statement three hours later. Under the law, only the President may authorize use of the bomb, and "no such authorization has been given...
...picture inciting to violence. Like "Home of the Brave," it relies partly on the shock-effect of anti-Negro dialogue ("dangerous" anti-white terns have been deleted in Boston and elsewhere). But where "Home of the Brave" and other movies dealt with discrimination and persecution, and found them to have personal solutions, "No Way Out" deals with group conflict and war. For members of opposing armies--Niggertown and the white slum of Beaver Canal--there are no individual solutions...
...Shock-waves of news spread across Queens and the outlying suburbs; hundreds of terrified wives began telephoning hospitals, newspapers and radio stations, and 3,000 men & women answering a radio appeal formed long queues at Mary Immaculate Hospital to donate blood. The news grew steadily worse. The next day, with the hospitals full, and the tracks cleared of all debris, the casualty list totaled 77 dead, more than 300 injured...
Back, by Henry Green. A slim but engaging story of an English war veteran who learns that shell shock, a metal leg and the death of his old flame don't mean the end of life after all (TIME...