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...Tacho, who of late had been a target for some of the U.S. State Department's glassiest stares, announced before leaving Nicaragua that he would not be a candidate in the February elections. He bestowed his official favor on Dr. Leonardi Argüello, a 71-year-old druggist with a deep-dyed goatee. The other candidate. Dr. Enoc Aguado, a prepossessing lawyer with few relatives, was named by the opposition in Somoza's absence. An American in Nicaragua described him as "the kind of man who. if he were a candidate for President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Leave of Absence | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

...worst of it. He has miscast both Miss Jones and Boyer in light comedy parts, and his attempts at satirizing English high-life seem ponderous, especially when handled by Peter Lawford and Helen Walker. Add to this a further attempt at satire in the person of a priggish druggist which comes out sinister rather than funny, and you have most of what's wrong with "Cluny Brown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 8/16/1946 | See Source »

...protest against the soaring prices of the early twenties. That strike was won, the inflationary spree was halted and prices levelled off. It could be won again. Last week, a group of school children in a Middle Western town conducted a strike against the corner drugstore because the druggist had upped "cokes" from a nickel to a dime. After three days, the druggist capitulated and the price reverted to a nickel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strike! | 7/9/1946 | See Source »

...uneasiness. All of the acting is well above par. There is hardly a trace of Little Caesar in Edward G. Robinson's implacable G-man. Loretta Young is just right as the harassed, threatened bride. Oldtime Vaudevillian Billy House earns some much-needed laughs as the village druggist. And Actor Welles, even though Director Welles has used too much film on shots of the petulant Welles scowl, is a convincing menace who richly deserves hissing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jun. 17, 1946 | 6/17/1946 | See Source »

There were more subtle ways of convincing dissenters. Crump policemen once trailed funeral processions of a recalcitrant undertaker, traffic slips ready. In 1940, they stood outside the door of a Memphis druggist who made the mistake of supporting Willkie, and searched all his customers for "narcotics." Or a businessman could have his assessments raised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TENNESSEE: Ring-Tailed Tooter | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

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