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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whole, Hitchcock's casketful of stories is a routine job. Many tales are stale: a few are fine. One doubts whether he actually submitted them all for TV shows, but he obviously likes to collect odd and uncomfortable stories. Whether he should be encouraged to publish them is debatable; collections should not always be made public. One of the charming characters in his book, for instance, collects throats...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: The Trouble With Hitchcock | 4/16/1957 | See Source »

...Harold had been in touch with officials of the planet Venus. Matter of fact, he had visited Venus in a flying saucer. And after two wonderful visits with his Venutian hosts, he had won the honor of presiding over the earthly development of the Modulator, which could collect energy-much more powerful than atomic power-from the atmosphere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Two Weeks on Venus | 4/15/1957 | See Source »

...everybody has the stuff to be an art collector; it takes money and taste as well as the urge to collect. Joseph Pulitzer Jr. had all three by the time he was a senior at Harvard. Grandson of the founder of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, son of its second editor-publisher, he had been surrounded by art at home from childhood, and had sharpened his taste in four years as a fine arts major. In 1936 Joe Pulitzer made his first leap as a collector, bought Amedeo Modigliani's Elvira Resting at a Table (opposite). For the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: COLLETOR'S CHOICE | 4/15/1957 | See Source »

...surpasses the average labor officials' wildest dreams. The philosophy of the local Teamster officer, says a seasoned observer, goes something like this: "If I can get some members for a local union, then I can get a charter, then I can get some more members, then I can collect dues, then I can have a union treasury, then I can buy a Cadillac, then I can take trips to Florida to confer with other union leaders." Even New York Labor Extortionist Johnny Dio was willing to put out $20,000 of his own money to start a Teamsters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Dave & the Green Stuff | 4/8/1957 | See Source »

...adjoining 500 acres retained by the Chippewas, New England Industries will build a model village, with parks, public buildings and a church, for the 458 members of the band. Each of the members will collect about $4,750 in cash. The rest of the land-sale proceeds will go to reimburse individuals for moving expenses and loss of their houses and permanent improvements, and to build up a trust fund to be administered by the Indian Affairs Branch in Ottawa for the Chippewas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Big Wampum | 4/1/1957 | See Source »

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