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...favorite phrases, "the Only Living Father of Confederation." Others prefer to describe him as the "Kwame Nkrumah of Newfoundland." Until he retired last week from the province's Liberal Party leadership after 23 years of almost absolute power, Smallwood was one of the Western Hemisphere's most benign demagogues and Canada's most entertaining politician. As he often put it: "I'm sort of a tourist attraction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: No More Hurrahs | 2/14/1972 | See Source »

...live olive trees and fake grass on Stage 4 in NBC's Burbank studio, is the real superstar of the $150,000 Easter special, waiting for the 40-minute semi-rock "cantata" to conclude. At a signal from the producer, the tape rolls. Oral Roberts beams a broad, benign smile into the camera's red eye and speaks: "In this space age, many people are discontented. They're concerned about Jesus Christ. Is Christ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Oral's Progress | 2/7/1972 | See Source »

Tufts is also expected to give Harvard some trouble. Dan "Benign Neglect" Moynihan is a threat in the 880, mile and two mile run. Dan Ryan, the Jumbos miler, ran a 4:06 last year and may be back, although he is reportedly just getting into shape...

Author: By E. J. Dionne, | Title: Thinclads Face Big Fight in GBC's Friday | 2/2/1972 | See Source »

...increased, and minor disagreements seemed less tolerable. Though the number of cases in the study is small, Staff Supervisor Shirley Southwick of the Family Service Organization of Worcester, Mass., asserts that they are not atypical: across the country, she says, marriage counselors have growing doubts that vasectomies are always benign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Vasectomy: Pro and Con | 1/31/1972 | See Source »

...Boucher is rich in its details of village life, a deceptively benign milieu for such a sinister film. It begins with a magnificent scene of a wedding, where the butcher and the teacher meet. It is the bride at this wedding who will become one of his victims. In Chabrol's hands, such pat plotting seems part of a fateful, remorseless order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Psychology of Slaughter | 1/17/1972 | See Source »

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