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...spoonful a day in a newspaper could sadly pall as an evening-long drink on the stage. On the stage, accordingly, Li'l Abner has been swamped with plot, which not only palls but plods. Also, by never letting anyone relax, the plot robs Dogpatch of its homey, day-to-day, ferocious charm. Something extra is frequently needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Nov. 26, 1956 | 11/26/1956 | See Source »

...Neill, 48, a thoroughly experienced little ( 5 ft. 5 in.) Army veteran who served six consecutive terms in the state legislature, three terms as attorney general, if In Democratic-inclined (but pro-Ike) Minnesota, Governor Orville Freeman, 38, an ex-marine with a reputation for being a homey family man (toasted marshmallows in the fireplace) and the administrator of a trouble-free office, knocked off Ancher Nelsen, onetime Rural Electrification Administrator, ardent Ike-man and former lieutenant governor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Governors: In & Out | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

WHAT the broad-bottomed, solidly middle-class burghers of The Netherlands asked of their artists in the 1600s was not classic grandeur but homey detail. Proud and prosperous, they wanted their portraits to be a frank and meticulous likeness, with full attention to the fine stuffs, starched ruffs and ribboned cuffs that bespoke their newly self-made affluence. And in all subsequent ages of prosperity, business and bustle there has been an appreciative audience for Frans Hals, the artist who caught his fellow Dutchmen at their swashbuckling best, whether downing a glass of Haarlem beer or decked out in their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: DIRECT DUTCHMAN | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

...explanation delighted the hard-pressed countrymen. They rolled up the Talmadge vote. The Talmadges moved into the ugly stone governor's mansion in Atlanta's posh Ansley Park. Because Gene and Mattie (known to two generations of Georgians as "Miss Mitt") wanted to give the mansion a homey atmosphere, they shocked neighbors by tethering a cow on the lawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GEORGIA: The Red Galluses | 10/15/1956 | See Source »

DEAD STORAGE, by George Bagby (191 pp.; Crime Club; $2.75), describes in repellent detail the last hours of a prosperous pimp, and introduces as ugly a set of murder suspects as the season has offered. The case is tackled by Inspector Schmidt of New York Homicide, whose homey habit of taking off his pinching shoes in moments of stress somehow makes the sordid details of the crime seem more wholesome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The New Mysteries | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

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