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...obvious that slender (148 Ibs.) Dave Freeman was no classic stylist. His smash was somewhat less than devastating, his wrist-flick deception shots not the game's most subtle or varied. But like Bitsy Grant, the once-mighty mite of tennis, he made incredible gets. His knees were always scratched and bloody after a tough match...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Win & Out | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

Married. Lisa Kirk, 23, singing show-stopper (Always True to You in My Fashion) of Cole Porter's smash Broadway musicomedy hit, Kiss Me, Kate; and Hollywood Tunesmith Robert (It Is Better to Be by Yourself) Wells, 26; he for the second time; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 25, 1949 | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

...street corners of Middletown he talked politics, professing his Republicanism but plumping for such radical measures as workmen's compensation. Long and vehemently Father argued: "You know that 40 people in the drop-forge plant are going to lose their hands or smash their fingers before the end of the year. I say that it's just nonsense to say that workmen's negligence has anything to do with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: The Man from Middletown | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Communist troops swarmed along the north bank of the Yangtze. But there were no concentrations for a drive across the river. Were the Reds actually honoring their promise not to resume military operations until attempts to make peace had been exhausted? Or were they regrouping for a knockout smash? No one on the bewildered south side of the Yangtze was quite sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Not Quite Sure | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

Like bouquets at the opening night of a smash hit, de facto recognitions showered down on the new, muscle-flexing state of Israel. They came from France, the Benelux countries, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland.* Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland promised action soon. Most important of all, recognition was announced by Great Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Inky Water | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

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