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Theoretically, any male Roman Catholic who has reached the age of reason can be elected Pope. In practice, the possibilities have always been easily narrowed down to a chosen few: not since Urban VI (1378-89) has there been a Pope who was not a cardinal; not since Adrian VI of Holland (1522-23) has the church had a non-Italian Pontiff. But this time there are more papabili than Roman handicappers can readily rate. Next week's conclave, with 79 cardinals,-will be the largest since election of the Pope became the exclusive prerogative of the cardinals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Election Trends | 6/14/1963 | See Source »

Crimson entries will probably win five events. Sprint ace Aggrey Awori should win both the 100 and 220 yard dashes, but he will face stiff competition in the latter from Oxford's Adrian Metcalfe, a former Olympian. Blodgett will probably edge Awori and Hank Hatch in the high and low hurdles, but Awori could easily win the broad jump if he is not too tired...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson-Eli Tracksters Face English | 6/12/1963 | See Source »

...third quarter, despite a great performance by Oscar Robertson (43 points) and some scintillating clutch shooting by little Adrian Smith, things fell apart for the Royals: The Celtics just couldn't be contained any longer. They surged to a 108-93 third quarter lead behind the shooting of Jones, and stretched it to 123-98 in the fourth. The Royals were sizzling midway through the period--they outscored Boston 15 to 1 in one stretch--but could never get closer than nine points...

Author: By R. ANDREW Beyer, | Title: Jones Tallies 47 As Celtics Stomp Royals, 142-131 | 4/11/1963 | See Source »

...night last January, Harold Adrian Russell Philby, 51, a British journalist based in Lebanon, headed off for an appointment, telling his wife Eleanor that he would join her later in the evening at a dinner party at the Beirut home of a British embassy official. Philby not only did not show up at the party, but dropped out of sight in Beirut altogether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Kim | 3/15/1963 | See Source »

...Hollow Crown provides a right royal evening of dramatic readings by and about English royalty. Max Adrian is commanding and Dorothy Tutin lovely to look at. Engagement ends March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mar. 1, 1963 | 3/1/1963 | See Source »

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