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...religious status. Thus released from the strenuous Carmelite vows, Sister Madeleine entered the order of the Dominicans of Béthanie, in which she kept good standing while looking after the three Roquette-Buisson children. Said she: "The baron is fond of horses . . . He lives the life of a gentleman farmer, taking the baroness along to a great round of parties, neglecting the children . . . After the first year, the baron stopped paying [my salary]. There was a terrible scene whenever I asked for money." The children's food was coarse, the farm milk was often sour, their clothes were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: The Nun Who Stole | 6/1/1953 | See Source »

...gentleman equated the investigations of schools with similar Soviet Russian tactics as a means of perpetuating the status quo. He wrote...

Author: By William M. Beecher, | Title: Council Draws Protest, Praise For Statement | 5/27/1953 | See Source »

...Please, Roland, you don't want this gentleman to think that you are note a nice little boy. Let me dress...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: Cabbages & Kings | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

Lacrose may be a gentleman's game, but the Williams contest on Saturday looked more like the Dead End Kids playing shinny...

Author: By Walter W. Bregman, | Title: Lacrosse Team Loses to Williams, 12 to 9, in Hard, Rough Game Here | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

...noteworthy aspect of the case, it seems to me, is that the gentleman who placed the ad is Mr. Samuel Sears, president of the Massachusetts Bar Association and Commodere of the yacht club. Within the past few months statements by Mr. Sears preaching Americanism have appeared in the CRIMSON, and I feel it may be enlightening to your readers to know what brand of "Americanism" he practices. Name Withheld by Request

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT | 5/5/1953 | See Source »

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