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All over the Union of South Africa last week, housewives and bookworms were combing their dusty shelves for copies of Lady Chatterley's Lover and Hopalong Cassidy Comics. Reason: the lady and the cowboy, together with a rapidly mounting list of other books considered offensive by the government, were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Hot Literature | 12/28/1953 | See Source »

The dispersion of industry is another big factor in the growth of corporate fleets. Before 1940, nearly half of all American industrial plants were in cities of more than 100,000 population; now only one-third are. Moreover, 30% of new plants established since 1940 are in towns of 10...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLYING BOSSES: The Rise of Briefcase Barnstorming | 11/30/1953 | See Source »

Peeking over the wall of a villa near Cannes, the curious saw a squat, slow-footed man trying to absorb the Riviera sunshine through a heavy, fur-collared coat and baggy cap. The man, who proclaimed himself an architect from Paris, wallowed in luxury amidst the pines. He had five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 16, 1953 | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

With Billy DcWolfe and Hermione Gingold, a huge cast, an army of writers, and a program promising thirty-three scenes, Almanac certainly has everything but the kitchen sink. The sink isn't important, but a disposal unit would help. Stripped of many scenes and corresponding hardly at all to the...

Author: By R. E. Oldenburg, | Title: Almanac | 11/12/1953 | See Source »

Compared to the energetic work of the Harvard singers, the Princeton Glee Club made a rather poor showing. Mr. Weinrich has trained his singers inadequately in the fundamentals of choral style, and one shudders to think that the insipid solo group in Mendelssohn's Hunting Song represents the best voices...

Author: By R.m. Scarpia, | Title: Harvard and Princeton Glee Clubs | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

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