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...press to carry its name. Since 1956 the Roman Catholic Church has treated I.R.A. membership as a mortal sin. The cause has been hurt by a decline in the "tolerant sympathy" of Irish-Americans, whose dollars largely financed the rebels. Eire's President Eamon ("The Long Fella") de Valera, a legendary hero of the Battle of Boland's Mills in 1916, once pledged to make "Ireland her own, and all therein, from the sod to the sky," but he has repeatedly censured latter-day rebels. Chided Dev: "These young men are living in the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ireland: I.R.A.'s Exit | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

Also, Paint Your Wagon (July 31); Guys and Dolls (August 7); the Merry Widow (August 14); The Most Happy Fella (August 21); and Finian's Rainbow (august 28), with Juluis LaRosa. The latter closes September...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Guide to Summer Entertainment | 6/21/1961 | See Source »

...they are really American versions (or inventions) for American palates. "Take a Tahitian pudding made with arrowroot," says the Trader. "It's so tough you can throw it and use it as a handball. Or take a squab. In the average Chinese restaurant, that little fella comes out with his dead eyes staring you in the face. When the customer sees that naked head and the beak and the eyes, he wants no part of it. We chop the neck off it, barbecue it, and it's changed. And that's just what we've done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Polynesia at Dinnertime | 3/31/1961 | See Source »

Another problem turned up when a Cleveland pharmacist found one of the cards too risque. "You're the best friend a fella ever had," announced the front. "But I'm a girl," it concluded. The druggist was sufficiently struck by the other cards to order the line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Undergraduate Greeting Card Firm Now Outselling Established Rivals | 1/25/1961 | See Source »

...Terry raised his hand and asked if the homework amounted to nothing more than it appeared to be. I said 'No,' and he shook his head in disgust. Everybody in the class gave him a foul look as if to say, 'What are you doing here, fella?' " Richardson had barely recovered from that shock when Baker confided that he was thinking of switching to Stanford where the studies might be more challenging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Thinking Man's Tailback | 11/21/1960 | See Source »

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