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...abbreviating the name of George Washington on highway signs leading to the 3,500-ft. trans-Hudson suspension bridge that is his namesake. Infuriated by such bridge guides as "Geo. Washington," "George Wash." and "Geo. Wash.." the D.A.R. snapped, somewhat raffishly: "After all, he was the first President and all-and we'd like the works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, may 20, 1957 | 5/20/1957 | See Source »

...Edward IV. The camera peers at the proceedings past a huge head of glossy black hair. The head turns, and suddenly a long, coldly intellectual face stares straight at the spectator with an eye that catches him like a fishhook. This is Richard-lame leg, hunchback, "weerish withered arme" and all-and he is a frightening man indeed. A minute later the moviegoer is alone with the monster. "Why," he confides, as the thin lip writhes with an impish humor, "I can smile, and murder while I smile / . . . And wet my cheeks with artificial tears . . . / Can I do this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Mar. 12, 1956 | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

...ought to take a cue from the churches in this matter. They have long made it a practice to visit newcomers and invite them to church. Suburban business houses have a 'Welcome Wagon.' But we Democrats have been content to let newcomers arrive with no reception at all-and because they're left alone, they've often joined the other church and started trading at the other store...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Psychology in Suburbia | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

...corporation, exchanging for five shares of the old $2 stock 12½ shares of new $1 stock. Says Baker Ferguson, who expects to gross $60,000 this year: "We had the most interesting little business when we started, and we all had a lot of fun with it-that was all-and look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SMALL BUSINESS: Dottle's Dough | 9/28/1953 | See Source »

...from Smith; Mormons and members of the Church of the Nazarene have also benefited from his bounty. The source of Smith's largess: gambling. As head of Reno's famed Harold's Club, Ray Smith is the greatest crapshooter. blackjack player, roulette fan and bookmaker of them all-and he aims to stay that way by creating all the good will he can among the local citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GAMBLING: How to Win a Buck | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

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