Word: jose
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...people we were writing about, those in the 18-to-28 age group. Their volubility seems almost like an effort to disprove one thesis advanced in the article -that their generation is "silent." TIME last month carried the story of the closing of an exhibit of paintings by Jose Rodriguez in Bogota, Colombia, because local religious groups objected to the exhibition of his life-like nudes. Rodriguez was quoted: "It was a pity . . . The public was just beginning to take notice." What the bashful artist didn't realize when he went quietly back to his painting was that...
...terrible shellacking. President Elpidio Quirino, well-meaning but weak, the leader of a party infected with corruption, had come to power in an election as crooked as a hatful of fishhooks. Last week, in almost every reach of the islands, his Liberals lost to the opposition Nacionalistas, led by Jose Laurel, the able but embittered man who was President of the Philippines under Japanese rule. (Collaboration has largely ceased to be a political issue in the Philippines since the late Manuel Roxas, once No. 2 in the puppet regime, became postwar President with the tacit blessing of Douglas MacArthur...
...pictures of untamed Amazonian Indians for Rio's weekly picture magazine 0 Cruzeiro (circ. 350,000), Staff Photographer Jose Medeiros has made ten trips deep into the jungles of Central Brazil. On an expedition to the upper reaches of the Xingu River three weeks ago, it occurred to him that he might "do better than just bring back pictures." Two days later, he turned up in Rio with two large-as-life, fresh-from-the-jungle Camaiura Indian bucks...
Gloria Swanson, David Niven and Alan Webb are starred in this production, and they all have their moments. Miss Swanson, fresh from being batted around by Jose Ferrer in "Twentieth Century," confirms the fact that she is a terrific ham. After a slow first act, she adjusts to the requirements of the "bon mot" dialogue, tossing off her lines with graceful aplomb. But she lags badly in the serious moments, gesturing wildly, striking majestic poses, and trying to act. Fortunately, there aren't many serious moments...
...WATSON San Jose, Calif...