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Miss Dietrich, at her best, is a past mistress of sardonic comedy and of low-life glamor, and if this picture really handled what it pretends to, she could probably have done herself proud; instead, she is required to sing such pseudo-bitter cabaret ersatz as Black Market. Miss Arthur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 26, 1948 | 7/26/1948 | See Source »

This is important as regards College affiliations, for although much of the most vocal Wallace support comes from the 45-member HYD branch here, there is absolutely no organic connection between the two organizations. Margolis himself feels that because HYD is a more militant outfit, it is less effective. Furthermore...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: College Politicians Run Amok in Election Year | 4/30/1948 | See Source »

Original Sin. This grand but somewhat anxious survey of man's fate Dr. Niebuhr clinches with a doctrine of original sin in which he leans heavily upon an insight of Kierkegaard's: "Sin presupposes sin." That is, sin need not inevitably arise from man's anxiety if...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Faith for a Lenten Age | 3/8/1948 | See Source »

Vanity Fair is constructed like a revolving stage, where city & country and night & day whirl drunkenly together. In the foreground, a naked figure leans out of his window to peer through the gloom at Cain killing Abel in the sunlit distance.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Question | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

A new student at Al Azhar buys himself a high, tight academic turban, sharpens his reed quills, tucks his inkhorn into his belt, takes off his slippers, and enters Al Azhar mosque. There he joins one of the attentive circles of cross-legged students gathered at the feet of a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Resplendent | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

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