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...story, he wires the New York Times or the North American Newspaper Alliance for permission to cover it. The author of "Personal History" has lately been studying opposition to fascism in Europe in preparation for a book which comes off the press next June called "Not Peace but a Sword...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sheean Says We Cannot Keep Out Of Foreign Crises | 3/27/1939 | See Source »

...that the only thing that averted a complete diplomatic break was a hasty trip to Berlin by no less a person than King Gustav V, who pinned on Herr Göring's bulging chest the highest Swedish military honor-the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWEDEN: Silver Shield | 3/27/1939 | See Source »

...refuse to sanction or participate in war. . . . We affirm our faith that the mission of the church today is to witness with singleness of heart, at whatever cost, to the power of good to overcome evil, of love to conquer hatred, of the Cross to shatter the sword...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: 100 | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

Facts have shown that Saint Gandhi's hunger pain is mightier than the sword; native riflemen have not got a fraction of the concessions from Britain that Saint Gandhi's torturing fasts have. But last week's fast was more serious than previous ones because Saint Gandhi's blood pressure was higher than it ever had been before and he was consequently more likely to die than ever before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Unto Death | 3/13/1939 | See Source »

...cheerful-looking young man sat on a stool before the mirror, surrounded by a make-up kit and tufts of false hair. He was busy pulling off long red eyebrows. Beside him lay a tinny helmet from which horns protruded. Standing up against the wall was a long sword, rather battered. The young man eyed Vag with an amused...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

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