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There are few more backward nations in the world than the 91,400-sq-mi. kingdom of Laos. Population figures in Laos are almost anybody's guess (estimates run from 1,400,000 to 2,500,000), and some Laotians are jungle-dwelling, G-string-clad tribesmen whose chief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LAOS: Scandal on the Mekong | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

Two leaders of the mystic Taoist faith in Hunan Province have been condemned to death, according to the Peking press, for "preparing paper-made robes, swords, warships, banners, bows and arrows in a vicious attempt to equip an army of the other world and attack the Communist Party." In the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Ghostly Counter-Revolution | 10/14/1957 | See Source »

Felt but Not Heard. Jimmy's trio (Giuffre, sax and clarinet; Jim Hall, guitar; Ralph Pena, bass) strutted their stuff one star-studded night last week in the outdoor Wollman Theater in Manhattan's Central Park. Jimmy led the boys through a passel of his favorites: Pickin'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chamber Jazz | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

In the seven stories of her new book, Yorkshirewoman Bentley brings off a considerable literary feat by exploring her region in time: the first story is set in 1350, the last in 1950. Place names echo and re-echo-Annotsfield, Whindale, the Ire Valley-as do the names of people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sharp-Eyed Yorkshirewoman | 7/8/1957 | See Source »

The Mau Mau rebellion was now at an end, but a British district officer, passing through Nandi territory recently, noted that the tribesmen were still making arrows. The witch doctor was arrested. As he was hauled to jail, mooning all the while over a withered setiot blossom (the symbol of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KENYA: The Munitions Makers | 5/27/1957 | See Source »

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