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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Despite all this scenic Smorgasbord there are only two ways in which you can distinguish Prince Valiant from more familar sagebrush sages. First of all, the savages are Nordies (of sorts) and sport horns in lieu of feathers. In fact, there are horns everywhere. On helmets, as drinking cups and bugles--horns are on everything except the script, which wears a beard. The second distinguishing detail is the frank presentation of propaganda for the Bolivian tin interests. What isn't made of horn in the picture is sure to be tin, including swords, shields, prison bars and armor...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: Prince Valiant | 4/20/1954 | See Source »

...bachelor Governor Robert B. Meyner, 46, trace the problem of juvenile delinquency down to some unattractive roots. "The modern ideal of feminine perfection," said Democrat Meyner, "seems to be a punk actress with platinum hair and an overstuffed bosom. The ideal of manhood is a character who toots a horn and smokes marijuana." The governor's battle cry: "What we need are fewer Aly Khans and [Porfirio] Rubirosas and more Daniel Boones and Horatio Algers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 19, 1954 | 4/19/1954 | See Source »

...Buenos Aires em bassy of Great Britain, which has long claimed the area in which the Argentines have been setting up bases, was not caught napping. Les Eclaireurs was soon joined by Her Majesty's frigate St. Austell Bay, off Deception Island, 600 miles south of Cape Horn. Signaled St. Austell Bay to Les Eclaireurs'. "To the Argentine Naval Minister. Welcome to the waters of Her Britannic Majesty." Replied Rear Admiral Olivieri: "To the captain of the British frigate St. Austell Bay: Welcome to the waters of the Argentine Republic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANTARCTICA: Iceberg Manners | 3/29/1954 | See Source »

...above) lies a developing theory of how the Administration should deal with Joe McCarthy. It will not try to clip an essential congressional right: examination of Government servants at any level of authority. But it will resist the abuse of this power by any congressional effort to horn in on the running of the Executive Branch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Joe & the Administration | 3/15/1954 | See Source »

After eight seconds of this, the timer sounded his horn. Other cowboys closed in on the bucking sorrel, grabbed the halter and gave rangy (6 ft., 180 Ibs.) Bill Linderman a chance to swing safely to the ground. From the rodeo crowd came the happy hooting and hollering of people who know a good ride when they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Champion Cowboy | 3/8/1954 | See Source »

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