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...Thanks to the unpopular measures that have already been taken by the Chancellor, we have reached in the last six months a position of equipoise. Our head is above water, but it is not enough to float. We have to swim . . . and we have to swim against the stream. At the moment, we can say we are holding our own . . . but we cannot be satisfied with that. We cannot live from hand to mouth and from month to month in this world of change and turmoil. We must create by long and steady systems of trade and exchange throughout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Sounding the Alarm | 6/23/1952 | See Source »

...When she couldn't find anything else to do she would swim and take sun baths. When she got tired of sun baths and swimming she went to New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Pia's Answer | 6/23/1952 | See Source »

...when the loudspeaker blared out the entries for the 440 freestyle, a roar bounced off the walls of the room. Charlie Hutter was going to swim against Johnny Marciones instead of waiting for the relay...

Author: By Herbert S. Meyers, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 6/3/1952 | See Source »

...fascinated by Desi's boundless energy.' He spends weekends fishing on his 34-foot cabin cruiser, Desilu; plays violent tennis; likes to cook elaborate dishes. Says Lucille: "Everything is fine with him all the time. Wanta play cards? Fine. Play games? Fine. go for a swim? Great." There's only one problem: "Desi is a great thermostat sneaker-upper and I'm a thermostat sneaker-downer. Cold is the one thing that isn't great with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Sassafrassa, the Queen | 5/26/1952 | See Source »

Some retailers counterattacked, hinted in ads that "wholesale" meats would prove inferior. Other grocers, after a second look, decided to swim with the tide rather than fight it. One big Santa Fe supermarket (Batrite) agreed to sell meats in quantity to Maytag customers at only 8? above wholesale prices. Said Manager Charles Batts: "I'd rather make a few cents a pound and get rid of a big quantity of meat than make a lot more and have to peddle it in little pieces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MERCHANDISING: Food Phenomenon | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

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