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A Little Learning. In Saigon, about to congratulate his host's Vietnamese cook on a tastefully prepared rabbit, ex-Anthropology Student Frederic Wickert looked closer at the dish, recognized the remains of a cat, that evening went home, analyzed his own dinner, discovered that his Chinese cook had served...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 1, 1956 | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

Among the cast Kent Smith stands out as the Earl of Warwick, capturing perfectly that character's businesslike, practical, self-assured--in a word, English--qualities. Michael Wagner as the Dauphin stammered over his "B's" with considerable skill (and historical accuracy) and gave a good impression of weak mindedness...

Author: By Stephen R. Barnett, | Title: Saint Joan | 8/16/1956 | See Source »

Frederic Warriner's touching and gentle Androcles stays always above the merely coy and cute and manges to avoid any hint of the sentimental excess into which the character might fall in less capable hands. The Ferrovius of Robert Evans is wonderfully full and strong, yet fully cognizant of the...

Author: By Donald P. Marston, | Title: Androcles and the Lion | 8/9/1956 | See Source »

The acting too, was generally fine--considerably above the usual summer theatre level--so that none of the following criticism is very grave. Jeanne Jerrems as Isabelle was pretty, suitably unsure of herself in the rich surroundings, but just a slight bit stiff; Louis Edmonds, as the twin brothers, was...

Author: By Stephen R. Barnett, | Title: Ring Round the Moon | 7/2/1956 | See Source »

Strongest opponent of the variable is the world's biggest insurance company, Metropolitan Life. President Frederic W. Ecker argues that the variable annuity would undermine the entire industry by implying that life-insurance companies no longer believed in their own product of guaranteed dollar investments; in place of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VARIABLE ANNUITIES: Insurance Companies Are Pro & Con | 7/2/1956 | See Source »

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