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The Man Who-the man who will march forward to the battery of microphones, blink smilingly into the aurora of flashbulbs, raise his hands in delightful helplessness to quiet the throng-that man had probably not dared to let his thoughts wander so extravagantly last week. But chances were good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: The Men Who | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

Of all plays, modern or ancient. The Marriage-Go-Round may well be the least given to digression. Here are sex and marriage, marriage and sex, with never a servant to interrupt, or a caller to intrude, or a child to compete; with not a moment's domestic small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Nov. 10, 1958 | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

ANY RESIDENT OF FIJI WHO DISLIKES THE GOVERNMENT AND CONDITIONS IS PERFECTLY FREE TO LEAVE AND GO TO LIVE IN ANY PLACE OF HIS CHOICE, HEAVENLY OR HELLISH. AS A VISITOR TO FIJI, I FIND IT DELIGHTFUL AND NEITHER A HELL NOR A HEAVEN FOR ANYONE.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 20, 1958 | 10/20/1958 | See Source »

Everest-Sealer Sir John Hunt recalled for friends last week a splendid Gallic tribute from France's Alpine Club following his return in 1953 from Nepal. After a dry series of appropriately dignified ceremonies, Hunt and his fellow climbers were whisked away to a Left Bank nightclub. As the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 29, 1958 | 9/29/1958 | See Source »

The casket-choosing scenes can be a bore, too. But Jay, doubling as the Prince of Arragon, emerged as a delightful fop. Robert Evans made the Prince of Morocco a glum, dead-pan character, with unfortunate results; the only way to save him is to play him for comedy, as...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: A Summer Drama Festival: Tufts, Wellesley, Harvard | 9/18/1958 | See Source »

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