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...tireless concern for detail, plus a flair for profitable experimentation, has made tough, touchy Andres Soriano one of the Philippines' top-ranking tycoons, with an estimated personal fortune of $80 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: The Commuter | 6/15/1962 | See Source »

...with infinite relish. "My faults," he cried, "are obvious. There can be no doubt I have my full share. I suffer from cacoëthes loquendi, a mania or itch for talking, from vanity and morbidity, and, as is obvious to everyone who knows me, an inborn, an inveterate flair for histrionics." Democrat Henry Fountain Ashurst was off on one of the orations that were the delight of the Senate from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Capitol: The Silver-Tongued Sunbeam | 6/8/1962 | See Source »

...Taste of Honey. Shelagh Delaney, Britain's angry young ma'am, tells a story of the Lancashire slums with concussive humor, dramatic drive, and a melancholy flair for the poetry of wasted lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Broadway: Jun. 1, 1962 | 6/1/1962 | See Source »

...with any big surprises. The Mets were playing better than .500 ball after an initial nine-game losing streak, but are currently in a new skid which has cost them eight straight. Thomas, Richie Ashburn, and Charlie Neal are performing for their new club with some of their greatest flair, but the club has been unable to bunch its hits. Rooting for the Mets, with their never-wases and has-beens becomes something of a sick joke: Hodges lines a screaming shot off the left field wall and is thrown out at first. Ashburn bunts and is thrown...

Author: By Frederick H. Gardner, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 5/30/1962 | See Source »

...Taste of Honey. Shelagh Delaney, Britain's angry young ma'am, tells a story of the Lancashire slums with concussive humor, dramatic drive, and a melancholy flair for the poetry of wasted lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: May 25, 1962 | 5/25/1962 | See Source »

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