Word: gathers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...TIME'S editors and correspondents gather the week's news, they unearth many an item that might make an "exclusive" headline were TIME a daily newspaper. But TIME, being a weekly, does not make a play for the exclusive story (it might not last); and TIME is not content to deal with mere "headline" items (it's the whole story that counts). Each week TIME'S "front of the book" (NATIONAL AFFAIRS, FOREIGN NEWS, THE HEMISPHERE) deals with stories that have been published in newspapers and broadcast on TV and radio. But much in TIME...
...kill. Ma pipes up. "Promise me you'll wear rubbers, son." But Hope rides out to the duel instead, rigs his guns to fire when he tips his hat, drops his man, saves the policy, captures the villain, gets the girl (Rhonda Fleming). Conclusion: as the grateful townsfolk gather around and promise to erect a statue of the hero in the public square, Hope strikes a statuesque attitude, suddenly finds himself occupied by a passing flock of pigeons. Best spot gag: Hope saunters over to a small boy who is playing the piano at a Missouri wingding, pats...
...Fire!" has always been an irrestable invitation for students to stop whatever they are doing and gather at the scene. Throughout its history the University has had its share of misfortune due to fires, which concern University Hall not only because of the losses incurred but because of students' antics during the blazes...
...town dump, as in Lincoln's, Hingham's and Wayland's, local citizens who can well afford to pay for garbage removal prefer to haul away the week's trash in their own Chevrolets, Thunderbirds, Chryslers and Volkswagens. Thus, on every Sunday morning gather old friends-and new acquaintances-who dump their stuff, then stay around to exchange gossip, renew friendships and, in a most delicate way, pick up a few worthy items discarded by their neighbors...
Christ appears rapt and detached. His four tormentors gather around him in seeming viciousness. But a closer look reveals that his assailants are gripped by compassion. Perhaps some of their ornaments are meant to symbolize their incipient conversion from tormentors to believers. For instance, one of the upper figures wears a sheepdog's collar and carries a peasant's staff-signs of protection for the flock. And the old man's leer may be hateful or tearful, but his gentle hand reaches for Christ's in a gesture of sympathy. The ironclad warrior, who is about...