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Frenchmen last week were staring at the floor. A new law, aimed at bringing order and equity out of the chaos of French rentals, had just proclaimed that after Jan. 1 French floor space would be classified as "real," "useful" and "corrected." The law was drafted with clarity, system and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Coefficients for the Millions | 12/27/1948 | See Source »

The sets and the extras moving through them were so authentic that, after eleven weeks of shooting, the atmosphere on the huge sound stage often became intensely uncomfortable. "Juniper Hill State Hospital" grew as real to the actors' eyes as to the camera's lens. At one point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Shocker | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

When Jackie Cain, the girl singer, had released her last colorless bubble, and Charlie Ventura's band had slid over its last glissando and flattened its last fifth, the audience applauded politely. No one screamed; no one bounced; no one fell in a fit; no one left. The carefully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bopera on Broadway | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

In Budapest, a current folk tale has it that a peasant came to the city, approached a policeman, and asked him the way to Stefania Street. "It's not Stefania Street now," answered the cop, "it's been changed to Voroshilov Street." The peasant then asked how to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: THE STORIES THEY TELL, Dec. 13, 1948 | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

The street was narrow and Sawyer had to pull up alongside a parked automobile. He glanced inside the car and found himself staring at a revolver.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Observes Holdup Not Reported to City Police | 11/30/1948 | See Source »

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