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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...game are nothing unusual. Though the Dutch are careful to follow all the American rules, the game is strictly amateur and considerably more gentlemanly than the sometimes rowdy U.S. variety. The Dutch have no equivalent for the Bronx cheer; no one ever boos; no one would dream of suggesting that the umpire be killed. No player ever tries to steal signals, for the simple reason that few players are skillful enough to bunt strategically or to drop a hit behind the runner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Honkballer from Holland | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...communalism" he meant India's ancient and narrow religious practices. The princes, priests and fanatics, with the ancient magic of caste and superstition, obscured Nehru's dream of a modern, self-sufficient India. Last week, with three-fourths of the returns counted in the Indian republic's first general election, Prime Minister Nehru and his Congress Party recorded a smashing victory over the dragon. The far-right political organizations had collected only one-thirtieth of the total votes cast, won only ten of the 497 seats in New Delhi's House of the People...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Five-Year Fuse | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

...vibrant Prime Minister Nehru. In 18,056 miles of campaigning and 720 speeches, he baldly confronted the holy men and nobles in their home grounds, and strove mightily to break their hold on the minds of India's teeming millions. He also worked hard to keep his dream for India unsullied by political trafficking. Confronted with dissatisfaction over the squabbling and nepotism within his own sprawling Congress Party and with growing discontent over the worst agricultural conditions in a century, Nehru might have made things easier for himself by a step obvious to any politician. To court transitory popularity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Five-Year Fuse | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

Elementary Answer. By last week, Cairo's dream of the segregated life had been rudely shattered. For the first time in years, fiery crosses burned, and the magnolia-lined streets echoed with shots and explosions. The reason: two field workers from the midwest regional office of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People had moved into town to end segregation in the schools once & for all. They had persuaded dozens of Negro parents to apply to have their children transferred to schools used by the whites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: What's Natural in Cairo | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

Arcadia Films will begin shooting its first production, "Perchance to Dream," on February 23, director David G. Hays '51 announced yesterday. He described the story as that of "a man who discovers at the age of 45 that his life has been a series of mistakes that began with his marriage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arcadia Films Starts Opening Picture, 'Perchance to Dream' | 2/12/1952 | See Source »

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