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...mere handful of undaunted lowbrows continue to drag their lady-friends to the U.T., and average 80 per cent fewer kisses goodnight on Radcliffe doorsteps than their more tractable brethren...

Author: By David Royce, | Title: Let Them Eat Popcorn | 4/28/1959 | See Source »

...might try to combat Big Three competition by following along with the planned-obsolescence idea. Since the compact-car buyer is a discerning soul, he is not happy with yearly model changes. What he desires is gradual improvement where improvements count: in engine efficiency, better braking, lighter weight, lowered drag, better suspensions, readability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 27, 1959 | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

Victory Means Nothing. Like wounded animals, three noble German brothers drag themselves home to their Hessian castle at the close of World War II. The eldest heals his wounds by charity, tending the displaced persons who occupy the castle. The second heals himself by husbandry, tending the displaced soil and its peasants. But the third brother, Amadeus, finds no panacea to hand. Years in a concentration camp have killed his trust in human beings. War and revolution have so sapped his faith in the earth itself that he can only sigh skeptically when a cheerful clergyman assures him that healing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: To Begin Again | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

During the course of the question period which followed the reading, Mr. Ginsberg and Mr. Corso entertained the audience with some amusing observations on the "beat generation." Mr. Ginsberg allowed as how he thought "being called a beatnik is a real drag: I'm a poet;" and called spontaneity the foundation of his work--"Writing poetry is like going to the bathroom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Beatniks Corso, Ginsberg Howl Before New Lec Crowd | 3/27/1959 | See Source »

...name. "So eine Schweinerei!" he exploded: "Warum fährt der aber auch abgeblendet?" (What a mess! But why was she blacked out?) The British called it murder. Goebbels screamed that the villain Churchill had ordered Athenia sunk by British forces, to make a new Lusitania incident and drag the U.S. again into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Trident of Death | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

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