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...when he conferred with members of the state council. But the fact is that Hirohito himself, a constitutional mon arch without real power, has become far too human to be easily raised again to semidivine status. In the years since the war, he has grown paunchier, more stooped, and greyer at the temples. His walk more than ever resembles that of a duck. But the huge crowds who gathered to greet him with paper flags, banzais and sometimes tears in Hokkaido were not the awed, head-lowering crowds before the war. They offered Hirohito something they had never offered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Son of Heaven, '54 | 9/6/1954 | See Source »

...Greyer, but more relaxed and amiable than when Stalin was alive, Vyacheslav Molotov gazed straight ahead through his pince-nez. He was outnumbered three to one, but as usual was demanding that the majority do business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Big Duel | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

...witness (who swore in 1950 that she had seen Margaret Senteney get into Kirkes's car the night of the murder) had since been sent to a mental institution, and doctors testified that she had been mentally disturbed even before her testimony. Last week Leonard Kirkes, a thinner, greyer man, heard the verdict of the second jury: not guilty. After two years of prison, he walked out of the courtroom a free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEQUEL: The Second Jury | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

...stiff collar, he did not at first glance look like a man who had just flown in from the jungle. But there was a brown sweater under his waistcoat-a concession to chilly London-his 6-ft. frame was down to 147 Ibs., and his slicked-back hair was greyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF MALAYA: Smiling Tiger | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

Plumper and a little greyer, but flashing his oldtime smile, Batista met the press at Camp Columbia, handed out the names of his civilian cabinet, announced that the June 1 elections were off and explained that constitutional guarantees would have to be suspended for a while. "My only intention is to maintain law & order." he said. "I am a friend of the people, not of gangsters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Revolution at Dawn | 3/17/1952 | See Source »

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