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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...semi-partitioned with thin cotton hangings, contained only a chair, a table and a straw pallet on wooden planks. It was a world without mirrors. There was sign language at meals to preserve silence. Down-hooked middle and index fingers said, "Fork, please"; two humble taps on the breast said, "Excuse me." One of the strange episodes was the shearing of the lambs: "Postulants from a previous group were seated on wood benches over which presided three nuns with clippers and shears. The heads were already clipped bare as a kneecap and the stone floor adrift with chestnut and blonde...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Failure | 9/3/1956 | See Source »

Such dedication to the daily grind that makes champions is shown by all Stan Tinkham's pupils. For three more of them it paid off with places on the Olympic team: Mary Jane Sears, 16, in the 200-meter breast stroke; Betty Mullen Brey, 24, in the 100-meter free style; Susan Gray, 16, in the 400-meter free style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Melbourne Bound | 8/20/1956 | See Source »

Though Deauville has been socially registered since Emperor Napoleon III learned the breast stroke there in mid-eigteenth century, it has remained France's most fashionable resort as a result of diligent handling by 42-year-old François André, France's biggest hotel operator. In addition to owning Deauville lock, stock and wine barrel, André owns the casinos, two hotels at Cannes and two hotels at La Baule as well as the biggest hotel at Le Touquet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: On to Pompeii | 8/20/1956 | See Source »

next to dispose; 'Twas a neck and a breast that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 13, 1956 | 8/13/1956 | See Source »

...specialty, chocolate pie). Nowadays, without the White House valet to start him out, he sometimes wears his tropical suits a day too long. The white dress shirts of his presidential days have given way to soft sport shirts, the crisp handkerchief is no longer inevitable in his breast pocket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Man of Spirit | 8/13/1956 | See Source »

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