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He explains his new theory on Algeria: "Big Wall Street syndicates found incredibly rich oil deposits in the Sahara, but instead of exploiting the discovery they capped the wells and turned the Algerians against us." He discourses on France's alliances: "All this is a great diabolic scheme to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: An Ordinary Frenchman | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

By adopting a "new look" she can more easily beguile our European allies into believing Soviet Russia is more sinned against than sinning. She thus can elbow the United States out of the Eastern Hemisphere, dismember NATO, neutralize Western Europe, and put across her fake peace-and-disarmament plan which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDGMENTS & PROPHECIES: SECOND THOUGHTS ON GENEVA | 8/8/1955 | See Source »

Older and wiser now, Blackstone has replaced four-footed animals with blondes and brunettes who obligingly allow him to stab and dismember them, or occasionally to lock them in coflins. The most eager of his helpers lies on a table where, in full view, a buzz saw runs through her...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: Now You See It. . . | 4/25/1955 | See Source »

NBC's Medic, which has brought Dragnet's style to the men in white, gets attention from both the wags and the woebegone. Typical gags: 1) when Medic is made into a movie, it will be called A Scar Is Born or I Dismember Mama; 2) a New...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Chills & Hot Flashes | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

Off the field, professional-football champions are described as not "unduly sober citizens," who "belt the bottle or some barroom companions"; on the field, they endeavor to dismember opponents, pile on the runner, and commit various forms of mayhem. What an inspiration to American youth !

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 20, 1954 | 12/20/1954 | See Source »

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