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...epitaph on John O'Hara's gravestone in Princeton Cemetery reads: "Better than anyone else, he told the truth about his time, the first half of the twentieth century. He was a professional. He wrote honestly and well...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: Appointment With O'Hara | 3/4/1976 | See Source »

Franco's Epitaph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Dec. 15, 1975 | 12/15/1975 | See Source »

...Scott's portrayal of Buck Turgidson is far better than his Patton. Best of all, Peter Sellers managed to create Henry Kissinger five years before Nelson Rockefeller did. The climactic line of the film, "Mein Fuhrer, I can walk again" comes the closest I can think of to the epitaph for the twentieth century. Sellers' other characters, Col. Mandrake, the British exchange officer, and the President, are completely on target. Kubrick's films are all good, but this is his closest approach to perfection. Of course, since his new movie made the cover of Time it's probably going...

Author: By Paul K. Rowe, | Title: THE SCREEN | 12/11/1975 | See Source »

...faced figure with blazing black eyes, he stood at the lectern and declared: "I am here today to claim the justice that is due to my people ... God and history will remember your judgment." Then, as he stepped down, he murmured the words that were to serve as an epitaph not only for the impotent League but for the whole prewar world. "It is us today. It will be you tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ETHIOPIA: The Lion Is Freed | 9/8/1975 | See Source »

...Columbus, Ga., think she was one of them, Lula Carson (as she was baptized) wore knee socks and tennis shoes while the other Southern teenie-belles were wearing heels. The opening lines of Carson McCullers' most famous work, The Member of the Wedding, can be read as her epitaph: "She belonged to no club and was a member of nothing in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Little Precious | 7/21/1975 | See Source »

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