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SCENE FOUR. The hard leather toe meets the oval pigskin an instant after the whistle blows. Standing on the five-yard line, he watches the course of the ball through the air towards him. Swiftly it rises until it seems to be higher than the rim of the stadium behind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 10/22/1938 | See Source »

Now that the great hurricane of Europe seems to have blown itself out, there remains one problem that is staring all the countries in the face, one which they cannot avoid no matter how hard they try to look the other way. This is the explosive doctrine of self-determination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUBMERGED PEOPLES | 10/15/1938 | See Source »

The Vagabond unfolded himself creakily from his bed and silenced an impertinent alarm clock with a mighty blow. The fact that it was a bright morning penetrated his brain, and he wondered why he'd set the clock at all. A blurry glance at his desk calendar told him it...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 9/24/1938 | See Source »

Spying for the army that has blockaded the port of Castelmare, Miss Carroll changes sides after getting a good look at the city's undernourished urchins and oldsters. This serves to emphasize the picture's incontrovertible thesis-that civilian populations suffer in modern war-but since her sweetheart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jun. 20, 1938 | 6/20/1938 | See Source »

On a chilly May midnight long after the hour when they usually go to bed, thousands of good Dutchmen packed Rotterdam's quays. The well-to-do in their American automobiles - with headlights glaring and horns shrieking-formed a traffic jam for a mile along the River Maas. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: Pride of Holland | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

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