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The Press: Inquiring Reporter

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TIME

Having pulled off the scoop of the week, roly-poly A.P. Correspondent Eddy Gilmore set out to measure its effect. He buttonholed Muscovites in the street, asked each one how he liked Stalin’s answers to Gilmore’s questions about war & peace.

The answers were uniform (though some had brass buttons): “Comrade Stalin has spoken with his great wisdom once more.”

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