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...friendly" government in Teheran, for instance, would not appeal to UNO. At week's end the Russians were reported asking for a token of his cooperation in the form of oil concessions in northern Iran; if Gavam gave in, Moscow might decide that the Red Army's presence was unnecessary. Then Britain and the U.S. would have to decide whether to bring before UNO a charge that Russia had coerced Iran into "friendship." If Iran was a sample, disputes before UNO were likely to partake of the bewildering complexity of the British divorce courts rather than the classic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: The Foundations of Peace | 3/25/1946 | See Source »

...want it, the money was to go to the University of North Carolina. Third choice: Rollins. Duke invited Ackland down for a visit, set an architect to drawing plans. Obviously pleased, Ackland drew up a second will, which made no mention of North Carolina, left a few token legacies to relatives and Rollins. It bequeathed to Duke not only about $1,250,000 for the art museum but the mortal remains of William Ackland-to be buried in an apse of the museum. After Ackland died, well-heeled Duke, which doesn't like legacies with strings attached, turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Fight for a Fortune | 2/4/1946 | See Source »

Louis B. Mayer of Hollywood was top man again (for the seventh consecutive year) on the Treasury's list of best paid citizens. His token of gratitude from Loew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Dec. 24, 1945 | 12/24/1945 | See Source »

...Braden Way. In dictator-ridden Buenos Aires last May, Spruille Braden stated his policy in one explosive sentence: the United States is against dictators everywhere. By the same token he is for freedom everywhere - period...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America: Democracy's Bull | 11/5/1945 | See Source »

...token French force accompanied the British, the Chinese had agreed to let 5,000 French soldiers enter with their occupation army, and 2,200 more French troops were on their way from Marseille. Whether they would be enough to cope with explosive Indo-China was doubtful, unless British and Chinese aid was substantial and prolonged. A Hanoi broadcast said that Indo-Chinese nationalists had proclaimed a republic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Yellow Star (on Red) | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

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