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...Jane Speed de Andreu, formerly of Birmingham, Ala. Mrs. de Andreu, a descendant of George Washington's personal physician, Dr. James Craik, is a well-seasoned veteran of the Communist cause. Once jailed in Birmingham for almost inciting a race riot, she is chiefly remembered for tossing an inkpot at the Italian vice consul in 1935 (on the grounds that he was a Fascist). Her husband, Cesar Andreu Iglesias, was also arrested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: The Roundup | 11/1/1954 | See Source »

Daphne du Maurier, 46, is one of the slickest pros now producing bestseller belles-lettres. She dips her pen into the inkpot of romance, melodrama or suspense and aims it like a dagger at the heart of the defenseless reader, who is usually quite willing to hold still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: About Great-Great-Grandma | 6/21/1954 | See Source »

...modern times, Catholics and Protestants generally kept up a lively acquaintance with the Devil. The 16th century Catechism of St. Peter Canisius mentions the Devil more often than it mentions Christ. Martin Luther thought of Satan as a very personal antagonist-one real enough to hurl an inkpot at, as legend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Devil | 3/10/1952 | See Source »

Once, when a French lesson got Lilibet's English up, the now matronly heiress apparent to Britain's throne impetuously crowned herself with an ornamental inkpot, and for a time had blue hair to match her blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Confessions of Crawfie | 7/17/1950 | See Source »

...classically flamboyant latino, Gonzalez is vivacious, gay and hot-tempered (he once threw an inkpot at a congressional opponent). He functions in perpetual excitement, moving from desk to desk, room to room, city to city. As President, he has sailed south to lay claim in person to a big piece of the Antarctic, crash-dived in a U.S. submarine off Valparaiso, and tipped over and nearly lost his life canoeing on a south Chilean river. He loves flying, is known all over Chile as "Don Gavion." On a typical weekend at his summer palace at oceanside Vina del Mar, Gonzalez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Samba-Dancing Salesman | 4/17/1950 | See Source »

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