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The two crossed the Potomac to Arlington. Meigs was impressed by the beauty of the estate and the mansion, but his burial problems and bitterness against Lee suddenly overwhelmed him. Turning to Lincoln, he said: "Lee shall never return to Arlington." A few minutes later, as the two men strolled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: A Stillness at Arlington | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

A juiceless book is not the only culprit. The music is chiefly loud, and at their best Robert Alton's dances are just conventionally lively. Actress Channing is only intermittently victorious. She has her real moments, with her round, seemingly lidless eyes or her rumbling subway of a voice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Nov. 21, 1955 | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

CARPET MERGER being arranged between Mohawk Carpet Mills and Alexander Smith will result in the biggest U.S. carpet firm, topping both Bigelow-Sanford and James Lees. To cut costs and boost sagging sales, the two companies will form Masco Industries on a stock exchange of four shares of Masco for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Nov. 7, 1955 | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

Probably the deepest trouble of the contemporary U.S. is its inability to produce a reasonably accurate image of itself. In plays, movies, novels, it cruelly caricatures its life, parades its vices, mutes its excellences. This tendency, far more than Communist propaganda, is responsible for the repulsive picture of U.S. life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Image of the U.S. | 9/12/1955 | See Source »

Last week the old-line companies were busy changing their ways to meet the new challenge. James Lees, which once sold as much as $71 million worth of wool carpets annually, has stopped all wool-yarn production at its Bridgeport, Pa. plant, because of "heavy inroads" by newer yarns and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: On the Carpet | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

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