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...seems to have changed very little since he was one of my PT-boat commanders in the Pacific war. He was a good one, too-a brave and resourceful young naval officer. But, judging from the luncheon he served me today [pièce de résistance: Cornish hen; dessert: omelette surprise]," added MacArthur, "he is living somewhat higher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 28, 1961 | 7/28/1961 | See Source »

...split his appointments 50-50 between both parties if Congress would only approve 40 new judgeships. Last week, with a Democratic President in the White House, the Democrats created not 40 but 70 new judgeships. Manny Celler explained why: "We did not like putting Democratic eggs under a Republican hen to hatch. I want the greater number of these judgeships to go as prizes to honest and good and faithful Democrats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: For the Faithful | 4/28/1961 | See Source »

...clodlike vigor. Olivier's Henry has an easy swagger, a skipping verve; he can be cruel, capricious, ironic, every inch a king less for greatness of will than assertiveness of whim; and one who loved Becket, not just because of lifelong loneliness-domineering mother, dried-up wife, hen-brained children-but because Becket expertly pleased and amused him. And with scene after scene of pageantry thrown in, the part becomes a Field-of-the-Cloth-of-Gold day for Sir Laurence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Henry the Second | 4/7/1961 | See Source »

...Kolodney (157), the only Harvard appler to make the semifinals, was deioned by Jim Harrison of Pitt, 6 to 4. olodney and four other varsity wrestlers ere eliminated from the tournament hen they lost their second matches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Matmen Slip To Tenth in Rounds | 3/13/1961 | See Source »

...team, the freshman were very good. The big men under the boards pitched t to trigger fast breaks, the little men handling the ball passed underneath even hen they had long shots, and both set up plays on give-and-go's and screens. They ade the coach look like an expert forecaster...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/13/1961 | See Source »

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