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...innuendo, and even of outright lies." The letter asked the prisoners if they were sure they were making up their own minds, if they had considered their families, if they realized that promises might be false. "There is nothing more humiliating than to discover that one has been a fool, used for someone's questionable purposes and then tossed aside like an old shoe . . . We would wish to be certain that you are fully aware of the consequences . . . Your mistakes will be at your own door, your future, if it becomes dark and unrewarding, will have been of your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Dark & Unrewarding Future | 12/28/1953 | See Source »

...beauties of Moscow but depressed by the "civilian army of robots that walk the streets, colorless, drab and ugly. Where are the people that would give this city life, joy, happiness, a smile in this regimented society?" Ambassador Sergeev might well have thought twice about trying to fool the Greeks on the meaning of democracy, since they invented the word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Goodfellow from the Kremlin | 12/28/1953 | See Source »

...high-scoring collegian (15.1 points average), he could carry the day by individual brilliance. As a pro, where the night-after-night competition is much tougher, Cousy's fancy-dan passing sometimes caused costly mistakes. Says Boston Coach Red Auerbach: "I had to get Bob to learn to fool the opposition without fooling his own team." The solution: Auerbach benched Cousy, who hates to miss a minute of play, every time he made a mistake. But Cousy well knows that razzle-dazzle still has its uses in the pro game: "The game needs color ... I'd stuff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Basketball's Little Big Shot | 12/28/1953 | See Source »

SEPTEMBER-Never Give Up. In Denver, suing a dance studio for $2,610, Mrs. Murrell Selby Collins, 52, charged breach of contract, testified that after 260 lessons an instructor had called her "a silly old fool who would never learn to dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 28, 1953 | 12/28/1953 | See Source »

Finley, though visibly shaken, quickly resumed his lecture but was unable to hold back a few chuckles as his guest remained composed throughout the remainder of the hour only stopping once or twice to munch a grape. The laurel wearing imitator, who was rumored to be a Lampoon fool, stood up at 10:55 and slowly walked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Finley Talk Disturbed By Toga-Clad Visitor | 12/16/1953 | See Source »

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