Word: familiar
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tents of Wickedness, by Peter De Vries. The plot and the people may be familiar in this sequel to Comfort Me with Apples, but the parodies offer a fine panoramic view of modern fiction...
THIS week's other color story, in National Affairs, followed a more usual pattern. TIME'S editors decided that they wanted a spread that would get behind the familiar scenes of Diamond Head and Waikiki Beach, chose for the job the skilled Werner Stoy, who, after 19 years in the islands, is recognized as Hawaii's top photographer. With Associate Editor Alvin Josephy, Stoy traveled to every one of the major islands, concentrated on getting pictures that show how Hawaiians live. The result: a fresh, close look at the people of the U.S.'s 50th state...
...extent of U.S. influence is as familiar to British televiewers as Maverick or Richard (Have Gun) Boone. On London's commercial Channel 9 last week, there were more than nine hours of U.S. shows. And the BBC supplied another eight. Caught up in the cultural invasion, armchair wayfarers could head out with Wagon Train or Highway Patrol. With tea they got Annie Oakley, Mickey Mouse, Popeye; with cocktails it was Lucille Ball in Lucy or Ann (Private Secretary) Sothern; with the bedtime mild-and-bitter came OSS, or Lee Marvin's M Squad. On commercial channels...
...saying that military press censorship would be lifted for one day so that Baghdad papers could report the press conference as they wished. He would be interested to see what would appear. With that, Kassem, without a smile, departed. As usual, crowds on Rashid Street dogtrotted beside his familiar Chevrolet station wagon, cheering, applauding and chanting praiseful slogans. But this time they were rewarded by neither a grin nor a wave...
...Tents of Wickedness, by Peter De Vries. The plot and the people may be familiar in this sequel to Comfort Me with Apples, but the parodies offer a punoramic view of modern fiction...