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The story is true, and Author Sandoz might just as well have told it straight, instead of grafting stiff-legged dialogue into striding narrative. Somehow, her Platte seems more vivid than her pioneers, and poor John Cozad looks a bit shriveled and out of focus, as if viewed from the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Unspoken Drama | 5/2/1960 | See Source »

When the beset Prado defied Publisher Beltrán to do any better himself, the critic decided that he belonged onstage: "Like missionaries who go among the savages and must be prepared to face being eaten, we independent newspapermen and honest politicians should be prepared for the worst." Peru'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERU: Poor Man's Conservative | 4/11/1960 | See Source »

A simple two-step, the dance lends itself to any music with a steady ? beat -and allows for innumerable variations: after the basic Madison step is completed, the caller can ask for the Big M (see cut), for a snatch of the Charleston, for some cha cha cha, or for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE JUKEBOX: The Newest Shuffle | 4/4/1960 | See Source »

Civil Sniping. No one is more acutely aware of MATS' problems than MATS' boss, Lieut. General William H. Tunner, 53, who commanded the historic airlifts over the Hump in World War II and to Berlin and Korea. Most of Tunner's 483 planes are obsolescent relics of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Stepchild's Dilemma | 3/28/1960 | See Source »

As Post's outfit filed forward for the payoff battle of San Juan Hill, it seemed as if they were being reviewed by a long-legged, black-clad civilian on muleback who sported a red tie and a straw boater. It was William Randolph Hearst, whose yacht lay offshore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Quaint Little Hell | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

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