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Gallantry of Course. Saints have traveled a gruesome gamut of agonizing deaths. Blessed Margaret Clitherow, a jolly, capable British housewife who had hid many an underground cleric in her secret "priests' chamber," chose not to plead innocent or guilty at her trial in 1586 so as not to involve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: 2,565 Saints | 8/6/1956 | See Source »

Sex & Size. Somewhere in the byplay New Jersey's fat (330 Ibs.), jolly T. James Tumulty was needled with the gentle observation that he straddles too many fences. "My dear man," replied Democrat Tumulty. "I am so large I could represent all sections.'' Twitted Pennsylvania's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Spitballs in the House | 7/30/1956 | See Source »

¶After his Milwaukee Braves had slipped from first place in the National League to fifth in 13 days, jolly, banjo-strumming Charlie Grimm last week sadly submitted his resignation as manager, was replaced by Coach Fred Haney, who led the lackluster, last-place Pirates of 1953-55. ¶On...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Jun. 25, 1956 | 6/25/1956 | See Source »

Stewart, as a puppy-friendly tourist, is soon pals with a jolly Frenchman (Daniel Gelin) and a pair of tweedy Britons (Bernard Mills and Brenda de Banzie). Doris is more suspicious: she thinks the Frenchman asks too many questions and that the Britons are just a little shifty-eyed. And...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, may 21, 1956 | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

You overlooked one significant fact in the otherwise excellent analysis concerning the cold-shoulder treatment accorded to B. & K. by the British-as contrasted to the effusive welcome extended Georgy. It is crystal-clear that Boom Boom Khrushchev vanquished Peep Peep Malenkov in the preliminaries for the fumbling championship of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 14, 1956 | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

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