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...other Colombian of this century, he dominated his country's life. But one afternoon last week, ten of the Colombian army's tanks clanked up and took positions around his modest suburban house, and then-simply, surprisingly-Laureano Gómez, 64, slid like a wilted leaf down history's drainpipe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: The Horrible Night Is Over | 6/22/1953 | See Source »

...Groton School believes that what its boys need most is religion, sportsmanship and selfdiscipline. The prep school's formula is Spartan: up at "bell" (6:45 a.m.), cold showers, dark suits on Sundays, chapel (Episcopal) every morning, black marks (which have to be made up through chores like leaf-raking) for misbehavior. The boys must get their Latin conjugations straight, and are encouraged to play a creditable game of football. Such a regime, thinks Brazil's Millionaire Press Lord Assis Chateaubriand, is just what is needed by Brazilian students, for the most part gay youths more given...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Export Groton? | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

...Leaf. In El Paso, Richard Marinoff. convicted of swindling nuns at a local orphanage while posing as an Army chaplain, told the court he had recently been released from Leavenworth, was only trying to get a fresh start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, may 25, 1953 | 5/25/1953 | See Source »

...miles to the northwest, modern-minded churchmen of the Ruhr were having better luck with their city's sidewalk architects. To replace the bombed-out St. Rochus Roman Catholic Church, a young Luftwaffe veteran named Paul Schneider-Esleben has designed a building in the form of a three-leaf clover (representing the Trinity). The new structure will be connected to the old bell tower by a path which was once the main aisle of St. Rochus, using the twelve aisle columns (representing the twelve Apostles) as a border...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Modern St. Matthew's | 4/27/1953 | See Source »

...many people leaf through these books that by the end of reading period they are quite dog-cared, with many sections either missing or mutilated beyond recognition. Added to normal handling damage is the rudeness of the minority who rip out exams for further study. Since the library receives only a limited number of copies, it cannot replenish the stock. So, near the end of reading period, it is almost impossible to find examinations in popular courses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Posting Examinations | 4/23/1953 | See Source »

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