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In times past, ringed about as they were with lords and ladies dependent on their favor, without the penny press to discuss their romances as they would Rita Hayworth's, the sovereigns of England could afford to be human without fear of the consequences. Worry over his subjects'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Choice | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

Judson T. Shaplin, assistant professor of Education and associate dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Education, is the only incumbent on the CCA roster. Supposedly, Shaplin is a "sure win," for he has made a good record in two years; nevertheless, he needs every vote he can get, for...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CCA for School Committee | 10/27/1955 | See Source »

"Shall he [or she] go for it?" had been asked every week since the program's first contestant drew in sight of the big jackpot. By the time Bible-quoting Mrs. Catherine Kreitzer and Opera Lover Gino Prato stopped at $32,000. newspapers were explaining (often with contradictory results...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Enormity of It | 9/19/1955 | See Source »

Catherine's next fling at planned parenthood was with dashing Count (later Polish King) Stanislas Poniatovski; and "this one." she wrote later, "was both loving and loved from 1755 till 1761." Although, according to Poniatovski, Peter encouraged this affair, the Grand Duke was dumfounded by the end product. "Heaven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lady in Waiting | 9/12/1955 | See Source »

The Memoirs come to an end before Catherine's years of waiting. Thus, she does not defend herself against history's presumption that she was responsible for Peter's murder, ten days after the army made Catherine Empress of Russia. The narrative is nevertheless a disarmingly intimate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lady in Waiting | 9/12/1955 | See Source »

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