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John Betjeman, 52, is a gentle, witty, rumpled Englishman who has been called "the greatest bad poet now living." It would be in character if he agreed with that estimate, although he can be called "bad" only in the sense that his rhymes sometimes jingle like a song writer'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Major Minor Poet | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

"Shut the door, they're coming through the window; shut the window, they're coming through the door; oh, gee, now they're coming through the floor!" This children's jingle could be the theme song for Malaya's long struggle against Communist penetration. Prime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MALAYA: Bank Closing | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

"On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me," sing the carolers-and then everything goes haywire. "Four bars of soap," they trill, "three cans of peas, two breakfast foods, and some toothpaste on a pear tree." Later, they launch into another holiday favorite: "Dashing through the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIN PAN ALLEY: Let's Run It up the Fir Tree | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

Farm Policy: Despite a year of bumper crops and rising prices, farmers west of the Mississippi do not generally credit Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson with their prosperity-in fact, quite the contrary. The farm vote, traditionally Republican, remains a real Democratic hope (TIME, Oct. 20). The best Republican hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: A Matter of Inches? | 11/3/1958 | See Source »

Thus, in 1912, the Chicago Tribune's Bert Leston Taylor lampooned an extraordinary show by a 31-year-old painter. Except for its jeering tone, the jingle was an accurate enough statement of the creed of Painter Arthur G. Dove (1880-1946), who avowedly intended to paint such things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Music of the Eye | 10/20/1958 | See Source »

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