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Adultery aside, some of their lordships were causing concern enough. The latest statistics show that society mothers launching their daughters would do far far better to snare for a son-in-law an ordinary bloke with a kind heart than the wearer of a coronet. While only one in 15...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: One in Four | 1/4/1960 | See Source »

Aye, for three snelly days the poor thiggin gaes stravagin' about Argyll wi' the King's men rairin' at his duff, all the whyles hummin' an' hankerin' at ilka Scottish hizzie that leuks as if she griens a kiutle. Hoch aye, what a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Blype o' Clishmaclaver | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

The tale loups along wi' a high jink an' diddle, an' forbye 'twill gie the whole bairntime a blype o' kecklin an' snirtlin. Attour, the spunkie singin' o' Brochan Lorn Tana Lorn an' the sicht o' the banks an'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Blype o' Clishmaclaver | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

The most fashionable portraitist now active is René Bouché (rhymes with touché). He may also be the best. Last week at Manhattan's Alexander Iolas Gallery, Bouché had on view a brilliant display of what his flickering, sweet-and-sour brush can do. Recent subjects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Sparrow | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

The following distinguished British people would not, I believe, agree with P. Rothlisberger's letter [Jan. 5] concerning my coverage of the U.S. This is what they said recently in tributes published in the United Kingdom and elsewhere: Lord Brabazon of Tara: "I look forward to Don Iddon. He...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 26, 1959 | 1/26/1959 | See Source »

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