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...stare in irritation at his favorite nephew (Alain Delon). Can Tancredi seriously mean to suggest that he, Salina of Sicily, should lick the boots of the new bourgeoisie? The prince is a proud man, as proud as the Leopard ramping on his princely scutcheon. But he is not a fool; he knows as well as Tancredi that in the spring of 1860 bourgeois boots are on the march from the Alps to Africa. Garibaldi is at the gates of Palermo, the Bourbons will soon abandon Naples, most of Italy within a year will be unified under the House of Savoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Prince Among Men | 8/23/1963 | See Source »

...facing, like pratfalling, seems to be a lost art nowadays, and Avalon desecrates the memory of Deadpan Harry Langdon: he stands there and actually squinches up his eyes before the strawberry cream splatters all over his pretty face. Nonetheless, Annette goes ape for Frankie, crooning "I was such a fool/ To treat him so crool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Surf Boredom | 8/16/1963 | See Source »

shot through the grease. Made a fool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Beyond Greys | 8/2/1963 | See Source »

Until recently, it was axiomatic that "nobody but a fool would invest" in Ireland. Lemass did not hesitate to use public funds wherever private capital was not forthcoming for key projects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ireland: Lifting the Green Curtain | 7/12/1963 | See Source »

...perhaps some day," but his cash registers say "now." The dominant sentiment is expressed by Real Estate Executive Sidney Smyer, chairman of the businessmen's committee that negotiated a truce of sorts in Birmingham: "I'm not an integrationist, but I'm not a damn fool either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy: Race & Realism | 7/5/1963 | See Source »

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