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One bright spring day in 1950, aglow with the look that once shone from Neapolitans headed for gold in the streets of New York, Pietro Merlino and Domenico Faticati left their Naples slum for a land of promise. But as they were devout Communists, this land was not the U.S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Go East, Young Red | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

From Madrid to the most remote villages, young Spaniards went on parade last week. Some sported colored paper hats. Others lurched along brimful of wine. All wore on their chests red-and-gold cardboard badges with the inscription "Quinta 50"-Class of 1950. The young men, 160,000 of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: 22 Divisions | 2/26/1951 | See Source »

What about the question of dogs v. cats? Dogs, the Lockridges admit, are pretty nice chums to have around the house, and the sight of a wagging tail and a pair of eyes, brimful of adoration, puts just the right finishing touch to human wellbeing. But the Lockridges submit evidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Kit, Kit, Kit! | 8/28/1950 | See Source »

Dolorous Alfred, Lord Tennyson, always felt "dreadfully embarrassed" when he found himself alone with a woman. But when he paid a visit one day to dyspeptic Thomas Carlyle and found only Mrs. Carlyle at home, he was so promptly disembarrassed by her poise and charm that he stuffed a pipe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Grains of Gold | 7/3/1950 | See Source »

"Scrap Material, Disposal of." The first step in the educational process is to teach the teachers. The teachers are called "field men" and Coca-Cola employs about 300 of them, half of them Americans. They are scooped up like so many bottles at the front end of a Coke bottling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECONOMICS: The Sun Never Sets On Cacoola | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

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