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...must have taken all degrees of decere-bration to have produced the froth that leveled the summit. I weep for the people of Russia, who must trust to such leadership -and for us who must find leaders who can contend with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 6, 1960 | 6/6/1960 | See Source »

...three-count. In the tenth, Fusari ran into another right and went down again, this time for nine, and only staggered to his feet by clutching the referee's shirt sleeve. But when he wasn't in trouble himself, battered Charley Fusari was giving Johnny Bration plenty of punch trouble, too. At the end of 15 flailing rounds, however, both men were still on their feet and the judges had to pick a winner. They voted 2 to 1 for Johnny Bratton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: New Champion | 3/26/1951 | See Source »

Birthday. Martin Vogel, Manhattan lawyer, onetime (1913-20) Assistant Treasurer of the U. S. in charge of the New York Subtreasury, author of Encyclopaedia Britannica's article on Liberty Loan publicity campaigns; in Le Touquet, France. Date: Aug. 29. Age: 52. Cele- bration: a dinner party in Algy's Bar at which Edward of Wales danced first with Mrs. Vogel. Another guest: Author Michael Arlen (ne Dikran Kouyoumdjian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Sep. 8, 1930 | 9/8/1930 | See Source »

...last week purring cinema machines proved how mountainous is the Pontiff's gratitude to the Dictator. Especially vivid and stirring were the footages showing Cardinal La Fontaine, Patriarch of Venice; Cardinal Gamba, Archbishop of Turin; and Cardinal Mam, Archbishop of Pisa, all of whom proceeded directly from the cele- bration of High Mass to vote at the head of their clergy. Photographs of popular Cardinals in the act of dropping their sealed ballots into the voting urn were displayed in all Italian illustrated reviews and Sunday roto-gravures. In sunny Palermo cameras even caught Monsignor Lavitrano as he ostentatiously deposited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: 98 28/100% Pure | 4/8/1929 | See Source »

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