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...Orthodox Jews from the Mea Shearim and from all over Israel converged on Shaarei Hessed Square in the biggest anti-government demonstration in Israel's troubled history. Red-eyed from weeping, they swayed and wailed, prayed, and blew upon the ram's horn, a signal of national distress. Despite their prayers, the conscription bill passed the first Knesset reading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Church v. State | 8/3/1953 | See Source »

...decade ago and came back (she was last seen with Guinness in Manhattan in T. S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party) sounding more English than Edith Sitwell. She plays Helena as if she meant it with all her heart; her love for a fool is convincing, her distress in a farcical predicament truly moving, and her every word audible, even above the tooting of passing trains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Shakespeare in Canada | 7/27/1953 | See Source »

...fingers, then went into conferences with farmers and ranchers. At week's end Benson said he would recommend that the Government do everything it can to give the drought-stricken southwesterners what they want: 1) emergency feed supplies at reasonable cost, 2) a Government buying program to take distress cattle off the market, and 3) emergency, long-term credit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: Southwest Drought | 7/6/1953 | See Source »

...Distress & Disaster 26. G.O.P. Chairman Wesley Roberts thought it wise to resign after being charged with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Time News Quiz: The Time News Quiz, Jun. 22, 1953 | 6/22/1953 | See Source »

...cause us 'lowlife's' much distress...

Author: By William M. Beecher, | Title: Council Draws Protest, Praise For Statement | 5/27/1953 | See Source »

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