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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...France, where he found only one convert to rattle around in "a great spiritual vacuum," Evangelist Billy Graham had a little chat with SHAPE'S General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The general, Graham was relieved to discover, approved of religion. Ike, he reported, told him: "We must have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Way Things Are | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

There was a young farmer named Graham, Who, though bugs ate his crops, wouldn't spray 'em. He explained: "I've a droll But effective control: I just catch all the females and spay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 31, 1952 | 3/31/1952 | See Source »

Evangelist Billy Graham, 35, arrived in London to conduct his own special blitz against sin. An audience of over 7,000 filled Albert Hall to hear his sermon. The Graham theme: "I am absolutely convinced that we are living in an hour just before the judgment of God strikes." His score for the first evening: seven converts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Young Ideas | 3/24/1952 | See Source »

Francois Mauriac, like his English cousin-in-letters, Graham Greene, is a connoisseur of corruption. A Roman Catholic, he believes that evil is as real as sunshine, and that man must learn to look the Devil in the face. In this new book, Mauriac's U.S. publishers have brought together two of his short novels. Though The Enemy was first printed in 1935 and The Weakling only last year, there is good reason for putting them side by side: both have as their theme the vulnerability of innocence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: When God Slumbers | 3/24/1952 | See Source »

Those honored are: Richard F. Athey, Fred F. Berry, Jr., Woodford L. Flowers, Harry B. French, Donald W. Graham, Bradford K. Kroha, John J. Nevin, Warner F. Rankin, Jr., Starr F. Schlobohm, Harry A. Sidles, Roland L. Sundstrom, Allen R. Warrington, John R. Yarnell. None are Harvard graduates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Busy School Names Thirteen For 1952 Baker Scholarships | 3/13/1952 | See Source »

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