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In this sense, Julie's emotional power is the opposite of the kind most strong emotional actors have. It is intensive, not extensive. From Booth to Brando, audiences have loved the actor who can spill his guts in their laps. Julie's instinct is not toward dissolution, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: A Fiery Particle | 11/28/1955 | See Source »

But the competition was stiffer than expected: at the end of the first two hours the crowds were screaming excitedly as Britain's Mike Hawthorn, in a Jaguar, was well in the lead, followed by two Ferraris and then the three Mercedes. Hawthorn had done 28 laps in less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Death at Le Mans | 6/20/1955 | See Source »

He braked his Jag and swung to the right toward the pit. Behind him, Britain's Lance Macklin in an Austin-Healey, running four laps slower than the leader, was caught short. He braked hard and swung left. Behind the Austin-Healey was Pierre Levegh's No. 20...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Death at Le Mans | 6/20/1955 | See Source »

Lowell Laporte '56 was hurled an estimated 23.5 feet and run over by an automobile when his motorcycle spun out on one of a series of laps around Memorial Hall. Laporte was rushed to Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in an ambulance summoned by residents who were aroused by the machine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mishaps Almost Kill Two Students; Radcliffe Girl Attacked by Hoodlums | 6/6/1955 | See Source »

The same tearing roar of Meyer-Drake Offenhauser racing engines will racket above the oil-slick brick and asphalt. Once more, when the green flag drops, the wheeled buckets of power will whisk past the pace car into the first laps of the most popular sport spectacle in the U.S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Start Your Engines | 5/30/1955 | See Source »

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