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...first time Cheddi Jagan, 43, the East Indian dentist-turned-politician, won the prime ministership of British Guiana in 1953, his aggressive Marxism and strident anti-imperialism so outraged Her Majesty's government that 1,600 British troops landed in Georgetown to throw him out of office. Now, still breathing defiance of imperialism, Jagan is Prime Minister again, and last week had to call on British tommies for help-to save him from mobs roaming the streets calling for Cheddi Jagan's hide...
...want to be priests or nuns," he told 6,000 students at the convention. "A magazine took a survey. One kid said, 'I don't like Latin.' So he'll never be a doctor; who likes blood? He'll never be a dentist; who likes bad breath? He'll never be a ditchdigger, even; who likes dirt...
...Houghton, Mich., dentist, Ferries has been swooshing down snow-covered slopes ever since he was five. "We lived on a hill overlooking the town," he remembers. "It wasn't much of a mountain-just a ridge with a 400-ft. vertical drop. But grandma lived in town, and I used to ski downhill to pick up goodies." Still only a part-time skier, Ferries was good enough at 14 to place ninth in the slalom at the U.S. junior championships. In 1957 he packed off to Aspen, Colo., to polish his technique. He improved so quickly that he decided...
...Complaisant Lover, by Graham Greene. A frothily amusing triangle play about a dentist, his wife, and the other man she picks to balance her emotional diet. An ingratiating cast headed by Michael Redgrave skates elegantly over patches of thin ice in the writing...
...Complaisant Lover, by Graham Greene. A frothily amusing triangle play about a dentist, his wife, and the other man she picks to balance her emotional diet. A fine, ingratiating cast headed by Michael Redgrave skates elegantly over occasional stretches of thin ice in the writing...