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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nothing irritates India's fastidious Prime Minister Nehru more than the tasteless and insistent hero worship heaped upon him by the Indian masses. Admirers who bend to touch his sandaled feet are often rewarded with a gentle kick; officials who prepare fancy receptions may find themselves denounced as "wasters of the people's time and money." Last week in the modest farming town of Hubli, in southwestern India, Nehru sat contentedly on a bamboo-railed platform, swatting flies while the chairman introduced him to the crowd of 2,000. Glowingly, the speaker described the guest of honor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Irritating Admiration | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

...with legal action from the government. But cooperation between government and labor must be accompanied by a determined stand on the part of businessmen to deal honestly with honest unions. "Stand up to the hoodlums!" advised New York Attorney General Jacob Javits. If business would refuse to pay kick-backs and more important, report attempted extortion to the authorities, a good part of the battle would be over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Acid Test | 4/20/1956 | See Source »

...Montreal side threatened briefly immediately after the kick-off, but the Crimson soon gained control of the game when the Business School's Peter Curry took a pass from Olivier Brunet to score near the posts in the eighth minute. Jim Joslin converted, to make the score...

Author: By Alastair J.C.E. Rellie, | Title: Rugby Team Subdues Barbarians; Finishes Game Missing Three Men | 4/16/1956 | See Source »

Four minutes later Ron Eikenberry scored a copybook try far out in the corner, diving over after a ten yard run and laterals from Charles Levine, Joslin, Allah Hobson, and Pete Palmer. Joslin's kick went wide...

Author: By Alastair J.C.E. Rellie, | Title: Rugby Team Subdues Barbarians; Finishes Game Missing Three Men | 4/16/1956 | See Source »

...eighteenth minute, Captain Lionel Bryer had to go off with a pulled muscle and Joslin failed to make a 30-yard penalty kick a minute later. John Chalsty touched down the Crimson's third try as soon as the ball came back in play, Joslin's successful conversion making the half time score Harvard 13, Barbarians...

Author: By Alastair J.C.E. Rellie, | Title: Rugby Team Subdues Barbarians; Finishes Game Missing Three Men | 4/16/1956 | See Source »

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