Word: corners
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some years ago the boys of Ireland . . . won freedom for three-quarters of their country. In Ireland's northeastern corner, which Britain yet holds, there is a small band of gallant Irish boys who still struggle for freedom. One of these, William Kelly, who contumeliously declared he would never swear allegiance "to a foreign Queen," was, therefor, as reported in your Dec. 14 story, convicted of "sedition" and given choice of binding himself "to be of good behavior" (be a nice, polite Briton) or go, a felon in felon's garb, to a convict prison. From the dock...
...year-old man, who had been weepily predicting that the military court would sentence him to "die in a corner of the prison," had expected no such light punishment. The prosecutor muttered disgustedly and stomped out of the court. But the Shah's mercy to the man who had once driven him into exile was a shrewd move, for among Iranians, Mossadegh still rates high. Remarked Mossadegh sarcastically: "The verdict of this court has increased my historical glories...
...Rebirth of Tom. But there are millions of strong men in whose hearts Tom has a permanent place in the corner marked nostalgia. For them, the first week of 1954 brings stirring news: Tom Swift is back. And with him is Tom Swift Jr., who the publishers hope may compete as successfully with television as old Tom did with chores. The new Tom Swift Jr. yarns have made one concession to the times that old Tom would have scorned: three scientists, all Ph.D.s, have been hired to ride herd as technical advisers. The publishers feel they are necessary, and they...
...some TIME agents who earn as much as $800 to $1,000 a year, depending upon the size of the school and how hard they work. Says Roger Chapin of Middlebury College: "The hunting rifle and shotgun hanging on the wall in my room, the skis in the corner, the camera in my desk drawer and a canoe are all byproducts of TIME sales." When summer vacation at the University of Minnesota began last year, says our subscription agent Merrill Cragun, "I bought a convertible and took my first jaunt to the East Coast as a result of selling TIME...
...years. The door was locked when he got there. Moss and mildew flourished on the paneled walls. Water seeping from a blocked gutter had rotted the floors. Fungus grew on ancient banisters. Ivy, snaking through broken windowpanes, writhed in green profusion. Thousands of dead bees littered every corner. Lady Dunbar, erstwhile tidy Maryland housewife, held up a picture frame from which the canvas had long since rotted. "A portrait," she remarked wryly, peering through it, "of the wife of the present baronet...