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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After paying a courtesy call on Sir Winston Churchill, 82, Japan's Dr. Masatoshi Matsushita, special envoy on H-bomb menaces, repeated Sir Winston's formula for longevity: "A lot of drinking, a lot of eating and eight or nine hours of sleep-most of it in the daytime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 22, 1957 | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

...allowed in their own way to put the best face on it they can, the country must eventually be able to stand again on its own bottom, though we cannot expect to let them eat cake and have it too. A remarkably clear statement of plain fact, we would call it. and we can't understand how some people can have the guile to go about pretending they hadn't quite caught what it was the President said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Plain as Nose Above Water | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

Perry Miller, professor of American Literature, stated that there was "much more interest in religion recently" at Harvard. "But it's nothing that Jonathan Edwards would call a revival," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Universities Skeptical About Use Of Term 'Religious Renascence' | 4/20/1957 | See Source »

...would be unjust to suggest that everything is wrong with the show. To its great credit, it presents Thelma Ritter, who plays what Time magazine would call "the great and good friend" of the barge skipper. A comedienne of absolutely the first caliber, she has brought to its ultimate perfection the characterization of the lovable shrew. Though some of her material might be funnier, her acting could scarcely be better...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: New Girl in Town | 4/19/1957 | See Source »

Teamsters Call Hearing Unfair...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Ike Signs Post Office Relief Bill; Jordan Rule Firmly Entrenched; Teamsters Remain Behind Beck | 4/17/1957 | See Source »

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