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# January 23, 1950 | Vol. LV No. 4January 23, 1950 |  

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January 23rd, 1950 | Vol. LV, No. 4 | U.S.

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January 23, 1950

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Clothing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858550,00.html)[POLITICAL NOTES: After You](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858551,00.html)[TRIALS: Some People Can Taste It](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858552,00.html)[SOUTH CAROLINA: Uh](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858553,00.html)[MANNERS & MORALS: Sorrows](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858554,00.html)[MISSISSIPPI: Shooter's Chance](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858555,00.html)[UNITED NATIONS: At Lake Flamingo](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858556,00.html)[CONFERENCES: Pals](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858557,00.html)[COMMUNISTS: The Mao Who Came to Dinner](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858558,00.html)[FLORA & FAUNA: Coconuts & Sausage Meat](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858559,00.html)[POLICIES & PRINCIPLES: Still Negative](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858560,00.html)[REFLECTIONS: Culture from America?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858561,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: Slow Starter](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858562,00.html)[Foreign News: Off Shivering Sand](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858563,00.html)[GERMANY: Under Four Eyes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858564,00.html)[GERMANY: Hope on the Elbe](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858565,00.html)[ITALY: Red Fog](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858566,00.html)[ITALY: A Tale of Two Villages](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858567,00.html)[SOUTH AFRICA: The Sphinx Warns](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858568,00.html)[BOLIVIA: Siege](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858569,00.html)[COSTA RICA: Vaccinated & 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Party](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858586,00.html)[The Press: Worse Than Crime?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858587,00.html)[The Press: Snap the Whip](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858588,00.html)[The Press: The Whistle That Didn't](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858589,00.html)[Religion: Church of the Future?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858598,00.html)[Religion: Beachhead](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858599,00.html)[Religion: Practical Pastor](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858600,00.html)[Sport: Communication](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858592,00.html)[Sport: Back to the Tables](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858593,00.html)[Sport: What Price Football?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858594,00.html)[BANKING: Those Funny V.P.s](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858603,00.html)[Blueprint for Balance](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858604,00.html)[Business & Finance: Jet-Powered Glider](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858605,00.html)[Business & Finance: Mid-Air Collision](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858606,00.html)[MANAGEMENT: Cocktails for Two](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858607,00.html)[AVIATION: IATA-ta, IATA-ta](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858608,00.html)[CARRIAGE TRADE: The Long Voyage Home](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858609,00.html)[Gored Bull](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858610,00.html)[AGRICULTURE: Fresh from Old Monterrey](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858611,00.html)[INSURANCE: Sign Here](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858612,00.html)[AUTOS: Cheap But Not Easy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858613,00.html)[GOVERNMENT: A Question of Size](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858614,00.html)[Education: Four or Two?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858595,00.html)[Education: 50 Years of Small Victories](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858596,00.html)[Education: Dirt Farmer Gone Wrong](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858597,00.html)[Education: Slide Rule](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858625,00.html)[Art: Battleground](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858577,00.html)[Art: Spacemaker](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858578,00.html)[Radio: Prize](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858579,00.html)[Radio: TV In Europe](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858580,00.html)[Radio: Program Preview, Jan. 23, 1950](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858581,00.html)[Music: Run Like a Good Boy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858582,00.html)[Music: Shortage at La Scala](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858583,00.html)[Music: The Idiom Is Advanced](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858584,00.html)[Cinema: Conflicting Report Cards](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858615,00.html)[Cinema: The New Pictures, Jan. 23, 1950](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858616,00.html)[Cinema: British Import](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858617,00.html)[Cinema: Anything for Laughs](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858618,00.html)[Cinema: Current & Choice, Jan. 23, 1950](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858619,00.html)[Books: The Old Trapeze](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858620,00.html)[Books: Vault to Freedom](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858621,00.html)[Books: Terror in the Streets](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858622,00.html)[Books: Childe Rosie in Italy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858623,00.html)[Miscellany, Jan. 23, 1950](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858624,00.html)[Milestones, Jan. 23, 1950](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858602,00.html)[People: People, Jan. 23, 1950](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858576,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 23, 1950](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858540,00.html)[Letters, Jan. 23, 1950](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858539,00.html)


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