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Kilty is marvelous at conveying Falstaff's weight; and when he drops his walking stick in the first tavern scene, he has trouble picking it up -- with hilarious effect. This stick, by the way, is his chief prop -- a little too short, and comically bent. It looks all the funnier...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: The Stratford Shakespeare Festival | 7/5/1966 | See Source »

Makeup must never become a mask, Pablo insists. "Even a so-called defect can be interesting," he says. He had Italian Beauty Donna Livia Aldobrandini's Roman nose photographed in profile for Town & Country. "The more crooked the better," he stated firmly. "Don't try to hide what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beauty: A Touch of Sable | 6/10/1966 | See Source »

Jewish religious law lists many other detailed restrictions on kohanim. A hereditary priest may not be in the presence of a corpse, may only attend the funerals of his wife or close blood relatives. Kohanim were expected to be the most perfect of men, and could be disqualified from ministering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jews: What's in a Name? | 5/27/1966 | See Source »

"And I Said to Albert." A perennial debate among professors is whether subject or student comes first?and the verdict usually favors those who stress the subject. Harvard Biologist George Wald, 59, shows why. As a researcher, he has made one of the most enlightening finds of recent decades: his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teaching: To Profess with a Passion | 5/6/1966 | See Source »

Faced with this restless panorama, many are trying deliberately to rescue tradition. The result has been not only a wave of scholarly books re-examining and celebrating the American past, but also a passion for antiques and a new concern for the preservation of monuments and landmarks from the bulldozer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: On Tradition, Or What is Left of It | 4/22/1966 | See Source »

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