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Michigan's boyish, bow-tied Governor G. (for Gerhard) Mennen Williams, who has been in the statehouse longer than any previous Michigan governor, announced last week that he will seek a fifth two-year term. "Soapy" Williams is obviously serious about running for reelection, but is not likely to let the prospect stand in his way if lightning should strike at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next August. With Michigan's delegates planning to offer their 45-year-old governor as something more than just a favorite-son candidate, Williams has said that he feels "no compelling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MICHIGAN: The Bow Tie | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

...intensity, and he played with enough virtuoso technique to excite his listeners. More important musically was the emotional force with which he performed everything from Mozart to Bloch. Said Cleveland's noted Violinist Giorgio Ciompi: "His outstanding quality is that he puts his mind, his emotions, his bow together and gives himself completely," Said Conductor George Szell: "I consider him one of the great hopes among young violinists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Prodigious Fiddler | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

Victor Hugo was born (1802) to lead, and France still groans under his leadership. Asked who is France's greatest poet, Andre Gide made a famed reply: "Victor Hugo, alas!" His answer sums up precisely the pain and resentment still felt by many Frenchmen when they bow the knee to the man who wrote an end to the old traditions. In this excellent biography, Andre Maurois explains why. Subtlety, precision, restraint are French gods, but enthroned above them all sits the immortal Hugo, passionate antithesis of subtlety, precision and restraint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ode to Victor | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

Freshman heavies: Mark Hoffman, stroke; Peter Tulloch, seven; Jim Leonard, six; Jim McClennen, five; Townsend Swayze, four; Paul Wohlford, three; Claude Nuzum, two; Jim Meade, bow; Barrow Peale, coxswain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Boatings | 5/18/1956 | See Source »

Varsity 150's Stroke: Bob Foley; seven: Viggo Bertelsen; six: David Sutherland; five: Bill Alcorn; four: George Krumbhaar; three: Dick Timpson; two: Larry Coolidge; bow: Tom Sheffield; cox: Bill Powell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Boatings | 5/18/1956 | See Source »

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