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...Miami. As he plunged into a crowd to greet an old friend, a swarthy young man pulled what appeared to be a black pistol from a small brown bag. Secret Service agents pushed the candidate and his wife back out of range and wrestled to the ground Michael Carvin, 20, a university dropout staying in Pompano Beach, Fla. His gun turned out to be a toy. After being charged with intimidating a candidate and interfering with federal officers, he was sent to a mental hospital for observation. Officials believed that Carvin was the same man who telephoned the Secret Service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Buddy, Beware | 12/1/1975 | See Source »

...swollen orange moon, hanging low in the sky like a Chinese lantern, peered fitfully through the clammy fog. It was a raw night, and Parisians pulled their coats tightly around them as they hurried back to unheated homes. Beside me, huddled in muffler and tattered topcoat, Anatole Carvin, 61, sat on a rickety stool and hawked his roast chestnuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: So Little Time | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

...yard-come from God. It's de word in Jesus speakin' his mind in my mind. I mus' be one of his 'ciples. Dese here is mirkels I can do. Cain't nobody do dese but me. I cain't help carvin' I jes' does it. It's like when you're leavin' here you're goin' home. Well, I know I'm goin' to carve. Jesus has planted the seed of carvin' in me." Curiously, Sculptor Edmondson seldom goes to church, but likes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Mirkels | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

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