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...coal-grimed hills of his native South Wales, Attlee's heir apparent, Health Minister Aneurin Bevan, orated to the tune of fair shares for all. "We've proved you can run the mines without the mine owners," he said, "but you can't run 'em without the miners. I only ask you to look into your lives and decide for yourselves whether you are better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Out of the Cupboard | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

Touring with her play, Diamond Lil, Mae West, fiftyish, collapsed on stage in Rochester from food poisoning. But next night she was back in greasepaint, to "give 'em...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Arrivals & Departures | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

...1920s, young mothers rejected every last remnant of Victorianism. Mother love was replaced by "science." Freudianism was being "interpreted to mean that repression was bad for the child." The "feed-'em-on-schedule, let-'em-cry-it-out" school of thought was in command...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Bringing Up Parents | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

...expertly, shouting his commands in Latin, until finally and inevitably he came to a stop outside Uncle Dick Wootton's saloon and general store. His first statement to the townsmen was in English, not Latin, though they would have understood it in any tongue. It was: "Set 'em up. The drinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Pattern of Necessity | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

...that of Manager Kearns, who felt so good he decided he might as well claim the heavyweight championship too. He told London: "The N.B.A. calls Ezzard Charles the champion. You guys call Bruce Woodcock the champ. So why shouldn't I call my guy the champ? Let 'em all be champs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Best Bum of the Lot | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

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