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The young contestant from Paris was a chemistry whiz. Hot as a Bunsen burner, Pierre Poitrinal, 17, answered question after question on Radio Luxembourg's Quitte ou Double, the Gallic Double or Nothing that is Europe's most popular French-language radio quiz. When he was through talking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Quitte ou Double | 2/24/1958 | See Source »

Contestant Harth tossed off the most brilliant sections of the concerto in true virtuoso fashion. Contestant Fain showed brilliant technique, warmth and sincerity, though there seemed to be something constrained about her playing. Harth, on the other hand, got himself into trouble with some of the judges by playing too...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Baffle of the Bows | 12/30/1957 | See Source »

A Harvard graduate will attempt to win $87,000 on a television quiz program tonight. The contestant, David Mayer '42, a New York psychologist, says that he will give part of his earnings to the University.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Graduate to Attempt To Win TV Jackpot Tonight | 11/25/1957 | See Source »

Just before the rally began, the finance company seized one contestant's Fiat. The jack-booted driver of an Australian Ford showed up with his rear seat cramped by an ice-cream-packed icebox. The crew of a Queensland Volkswagen whooped it up in American Indian headdress. But most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Trial by Trouble | 9/16/1957 | See Source »

Suffering Psyche. In thrusting stardom upon her, Hollywood has put Kim under a weight of emotional pressure that few young women are called upon to bear. Before every picture, she works herself up to a nervous, racehorse tension and bursts into anxious tears. During production she worries and glooms to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Star Is Made | 7/29/1957 | See Source »

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