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...While visiting Berlin in 1934 as an official of the National Municipal League, Howard Jones pointedly refrained from saluting the Nazi swastika. Threatened by a fist-shaking Storm Trooper, he protested angrily to Adolf Hitler's German government, promptly received a full apology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia: Into Space | 1/19/1962 | See Source »

...there-arms flailing-to bat the ball away. When Chamberlain leaped for his famed "fallaway" push shot, Russell leaped with him leaning into Wilt just enough to disturb his delicate aim. By half time, Chamberlain had scored just nine field goals, was so frustrated that he shook a clenched fist angrily at the air. Only in the second half, when Russell relaxed, did Chamberlain begin to click. By game's end, the duel had turned into something of a standoff: Chamberlain had scored 52 points, but the Celtics won, 123-113. "Winning is the important thing," said Team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Personal Duel | 12/22/1961 | See Source »

...night last week, Tom Storke's subjects crowded into the ballroom of the neo-Spanish Santa Barbara Biltmore for a testimonial dinner for their cantankerous king. For his "defense of civil liberties," for being the first to raise an editorial fist against the Birchers. Editor Storke received the Richard E. Lauterbach Award from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism. He heard congratulatory messages from all over the U.S.. among them one from an admirer named John Kennedy (who praised Storke's "sturdy conviction and judgment''). "For 61 years I've been dodging brickbats." said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: King Storke | 11/17/1961 | See Source »

Among others, two American films--A Cold Wind in August and Goodbye Again--have seized upon the same general idea, and both have been far more succesful. Girl with a Suitcase moves at a snail's pace, even when there is a fist fight going on. Director Valerio Zerlini's method for showing great emotion is to have his principals stare hard at each other for minutes on end, or to focus the camera on one actor, who holds a constant expression, fighting off blinks and nervous tics, until the audience is driven to the far reaches of sanity and/or...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Girl With a Suitcase | 11/16/1961 | See Source »

Khrushchev (from after, shaking his fist menacingly): Peace to the dirty capitalists. Peace! Peace! Peace!...(keeps chanting so loudly that Kennedy is unable to continue...

Author: By Josiah LEE Auspite, | Title: Berlin Fantasy: Tug-of-War | 10/24/1961 | See Source »

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