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Based on Irving Stone's bestselling 1951 biographical novel, the picture hews fairly closely to historical fact; and, unlike most movie biographies of famous men, it has more than its share of legitimate adventure. But in its writing, direction and acting, it comes out as a too-slick biographical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, may 4, 1953 | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

The moppet in Carl Rose's famed New Yorker cartoon who said "I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it," got some support last week from an unexpected quarter-the deadly serious letters column of the deadly serious British Medical Journal. The B.MJ. had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Is Spinach Dangerous? | 3/30/1953 | See Source »

The instruction in the Bab and Dab courses will be re-examined and an attempt will be made to heighten the level of achievement in these courses. Students who wish to acquire an oral command of the languages will be seriously urged to select Bab and Dab. Your headline should...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LANGUAGE RECOMMENDATION | 3/26/1953 | See Source »

The bill approved by the state legislature's Committee on Metropolitan affairs would set up a five-member, paid Boston Arena Authority to operate the property. It was anticipated that an expenditure of $450,000 would be necessary for the M.D.C. to acquire the Arena, if the legislature should approve...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Committee OKs MDC Purchase of Arena | 3/19/1953 | See Source »

¶ In Tucson, Arizona Daily Star Editor-Publisher William R. Mathews won the final round of a three-year-long battle to see an attorney general's report on the state land department. Mathews had suspected skulduggery in the leasing of grazing lands, then persuaded Governor Dan E. Garvey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Double Blow | 3/9/1953 | See Source »

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