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(10 of 10) he gets more of the fruits of the tree of life, his appetite increases. Explains a Manhattan Negro social worker: "A Negro laborer living in Harlem and rarely peering beyond the boundaries of his ghetto might be reasonably content; but if he gets a good job downtown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The U. S. Negro, 1953 | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

A challenge hung in the air when Juan Perón stepped to his balcony and faced a throng of 100,000 in the Plaza de Mayo one day last week. The crowd wanted to hear what Perón proposed to do about Argentina's inflation and the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Night of Fire | 4/27/1953 | See Source »

Fever Dew In Sicily. King Richard gathers his host at Vézelay in France, and there the two squires meet a brilliant young Frenchman, Guy de Passy. John is puzzled by the fellow, Robert not. "It is this manner of the great world about him that astonishes and charms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mildly Mock-Archaic | 4/13/1953 | See Source »

Among the satellite nations, Poland and then Bulgaria are considered the most discontented-but neither has a border on the West. Then come the Czechs and the Albanians. Restless as they are, they are under control of the army and the police, and the army and the police are under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Watch on the Wall | 3/23/1953 | See Source »

From 1934 until last week, a discontented wife or husband could get unhitched within three days in the resort town of Cuernavaca, 47 miles south of Mexico City in the state of Morelos. All the restless spouse had to do was sign a few papers, pay a registration fee ($100...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Dismantled Mill | 6/23/1952 | See Source »

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