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Illinois. Democrat Otto Kerner, 52, a matinee-idol Cook County (Chicago) judge with an impeccable record, is being matched against lackluster Republican Incumbent William Stratton, 46, trying for an unprecedented third term on a record tinged with statehouse scandal. Judge Kerner, the favorite, has endorsements from such normally Republican papers as the Peoria Journal Star and Rockford Star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: FIGHT FOR THE STATE HOUSES | 10/24/1960 | See Source »

...this touches an American reader deeply; what is of interest is that having satisfied the requirements of tradition, the author provides a gentle but undeluded view of her villagers. The priest, Father Roque, is a good but henpecked man who, when vexed, is fond of wondering how his idol, Cardinal Spellman, would deal with his parishioners. "Oh, Lord, let her eat fewer raw onions, let her abstain from onions, let her learn to abhor them," he implores, after listening in tears to his harridan of a housekeeper. Among Father Roque's other trials are an arrogant matron who will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mixed Fiction, Oct. 17, 1960 | 10/17/1960 | See Source »

...entry into the , the Prime Minister expressed in receiving the Instruments which are the of Nigeria's Independence," James Robertson was sworn in Nigerian Chief Justice as the Governor-General of the Nigerian Federation. In a and a half he will be succeeded man who remains the still idol of the masses as the of Nigerian nationalism, Dr. Azikiwe. When the latter or his name is mentioned the breaks out into a chant of Z-e-e-e-k." It remains to be effectively a man who has been so deeply involved in politics of his country can the translation...

Author: By Rupert Emerson, PROFESSOR OF GOVERNMENT | Title: Report on Nigerian Independence | 10/13/1960 | See Source »

...pure idol worship, with a Platonic ring to it. In Aesthetics and History, B.B. further explains that an art object is life-enhancing because it shows us a visual, but also, more profoundly, a spiritual ideal towards which we cannot fail to strive. That is, if we can train ourselves to view such art "with sympathy and understanding...

Author: By Ian Strasfogel, | Title: Berenson's Life-Enhancing Art | 9/30/1960 | See Source »

...titles are going up on Broadway billboards, but the new shows are still weeks away. Until they arrive, last season's survivors will have to serve. Among the best are Bye Bye Birdie, which takes some of the curl out of a rock-'n'-roll idol's pompadour; Fiorello!, a sunny salute to New York City's late Mayor La Guardia; and West Side Story, Romeo and Juliet in jazz time. Among the straight dramas still pulling customers from the hot pavements are Toys in the Attic, in which Lillian Hellman pits poor Jason

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Time Listings, Sep. 5, 1960 | 9/5/1960 | See Source »

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