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Old Tony Yates dies at last, after guzzling lukewarm champagne from the bottle, but not before he has shown himself tougher even than a U.S. visitor who thoughtfully retired to the more civilized climate of Texas. U.S. readers will appreciate Author Ronan's narrative gusto, his authentic, sometimes stomach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sheep Opera | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

Revival Meeting. His own way was not the usual way. He invaded interior villages in an armored car, often accom panied by a troupe of dancing girls. Selecting a central site, he would hoist his 6-ft.-1-in., 200-lb.-plus frame onto a platform and deliver a fatherly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MALAYA: Conquest by Dancing | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

A thorough examination showed no sign of polio. X rays revealed nothing. There seemed to be nothing wrong with Charlie's heart or nervous system. Yet his breathing and swallowing were labored. So the doctors put him in an iron lung. Bit by bit the explanation came out: Charlie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Interrupted Song | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

The doctors pitted white magic against black; they knew little about cases like Charlie's except that they are usually hopeless; an aborigine who has been sung is resigned to death, loses the will to live and simply stops breathing.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Interrupted Song | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

When the rains come the aborigines retire into their bark huts, and while away the wet by painting on bark. The pictures (opposite) may look abstract, but aboriginal art is never "nonobjective" in the modern sense: to paint without painting something would strike an aborigine as uncivlized. His subject matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: RAINY-DAY PICTURES | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

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