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A person with curiosity can spend many fascinating hours in the Widener Reference Room, whether he is seeking obscure figures, thumbing through exotic books for their intrinsic interest, or even seeking a date for a House formal.

Author: By Robert A. Fish, | Title: Romance and Reference | 5/25/1953 | See Source »

In eight strenuous days & nights, Communist Siqueiros turned out a 10-ft.-square mural hopefully calculated to stir up a lively religious row. Done with a luminous, three-dimensional effect, the painting shows Hidalgo before a Spanish firing squad, one bullet-riddled hand still clasped to his breast in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Siqueiros & the Hero Priest | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

The Inquisition killed Hidalgo.They killed him because he had exotic ideas."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Siqueiros & the Hero Priest | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

When jaded appetite and flat wallet demand food that is at once exotic and inexpensive, the answer is Chinatown. From plush oriental trappings, reminiscent of a tong-war movie, to a chrome and linoleum decor, Chinese restaurants provide all setting for your meal. Prices are standard, staggered between $1.50 and...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: Sauce for the Coolie | 5/7/1953 | See Source »

*Exotic food has laid the President low before: during last summer's Republican Convention in Chicago, he ate a Chinese dinner, spent the next two days groaning in bed while his frantic aides, fearful of upsetting the delicate balance of convention psychology, stalled press and politicos with excuses about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Price of Spice | 4/27/1953 | See Source »

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