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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Stifled Yawn. Greta Garbo slipped into a royal blue bikini and plunged into the Mediterranean from her Cap d'Ail villa. Sir Winston Churchill and Maria Callas, the prima of prima donnas, cruised offshore in the yacht of Greek Shipowner Aristotle Onassis. The young Aga Khan, fresh from Harvard, kept happy a chateauful of guests, including pretty Tracy Pelissier. Belgium's King Baudouin holidayed solemnly at Cabassol with his sister Princess Joséphine-Charlotte and her husband, Prince Jean of Luxembourg. The week before, Adlai Stevenson had been playing tennis at St.-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Moviemaker Darryl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: On the Beach | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

...abstained from the vote that tentatively approved the plan, pending formal action by the W.C.C. General Assembly in New Delhi in 1961. Nevertheless, the friendly offices of pro-western Orthodox delegates made many Protestants more tolerant of Orthodoxy's ancient position. "It's a miracle that the Greek Church exists at all," said British-born Bishop Lesslie Newbigin of the Church of South India. "It's only been possible by a barnacle-like adhesion to what they have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Repercussions from Rhodes | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

...highceilinged, limestone palace of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem in the Greek city of Rhodes, the policy-making Central Committee of the World Council of Churches gathered last week for its tenth annual meeting. On hand were 72 delegates from 24 countries, plus 36 staff members and 73 observers and guests. But the center of all attention were the delegates of seven Eastern Orthodox member churches and the two observers from Russian Orthodoxy-the first visitors Moscow had allowed to attend a Central Committee meeting. Behind the scenes, a major game of diplomatic move and countermove is going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: World Council in Rhodes | 8/31/1959 | See Source »

Last Train from Gun Hill. Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn fight it out in a western shot full of sociology, child psychology and Greek tragedy, while Caroline Jones makes the best of it all as the funny, freaky heroine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Aug. 31, 1959 | 8/31/1959 | See Source »

Last Train from Gun Hill. Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn fight it out in a western shot full of sociology, child psychology and Greek tragedy, while Carolyn Jones makes the best of it all as the funny, freaky heroine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: On Broadway, Aug. 24, 1959 | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

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