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In this big, wide-ranging movie, scope is stressed at the expense of depth, and there is no time to develop any very complex characters. The most interesting of the lot is the fanatic British colonel, all of whose actions stem from one trait: conscientiousness carried to the point of...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: The Bridge on the River Kwai | 1/9/1958 | See Source »

The governor did not turn his head to look out at the rainswept streets of Goulimine, which were thronged with khaki-clad, black-turbaned members of the irregular Liberation Army force that launched the attack on the Ifni enclave three weeks ago; jeeps and trucks sped past toward the Ifni...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOROCCO: Ifni & After | 12/16/1957 | See Source »

We call the man fanatic who applies

Author: By Philip M. Boffey, | Title: Theodore Roosevelt at Harvard | 12/12/1957 | See Source »

WE pray that Nixon can rise to the occasion; that he has learned the perils-and emptiness-of fanatic partisanship. But no real choice remains. The deterioration of America's world position during these recent months of presidential absenteeism is a warning of worse storms ahead if the Presidency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judgments & Prophecies, Dec. 9, 1957 | 12/9/1957 | See Source »

Outside Cuba, more trouble piled up for Batista. In Miami his exiled foes last week formed a united front, at a meeting that joined Castro's fanatic student worshipers to Old-pro politicOS such as ex-President Carlos Prio Socarras in a "Cuban Liberation Council." The council's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Revolutionary Ad | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

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