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...Nehru not to be beastly to the Communist government in Peking. Currently Panikkar is working with might & main to persuade Egypt to abandon the West and take up neutralism. So everybody concerned was quick to appreciate the official mischief that could result when such practiced twisters of the British lion's tail as Bevan, Panikkar and the Egyptians got together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: Technically Friendly Enemy | 1/11/1954 | See Source »

...Lion tonight, Tiger tomorrow is the varsity basketball team's bill of fare for this weekend. The Crimson will entertain Columbia at 8:30 p.m. tonight after a 6:30 p.m. preliminary between the freshmen and Nichols Junior College. A second Ivy League opponent, touring Princeton, will come into the I.A.B. at 8 p.m. Saturday...

Author: By Jere Broh-kahn, | Title: Crimson Five Opposes Lions Tonight, Princeton Saturday | 1/8/1954 | See Source »

...Detroit Lions' Quarterback Bobby Layne hardly measures up to Cleveland's Otto Graham as a passer. During the past National Football League season, Layne completed only 46% of his passes, compared to Graham's 65%. But versatile Bobby Layne has other virtues. As a swivel-hipped runner, he was the Lion's second leading ground gainer, and unlike most quarterbacks, college or pro, Layne does his own signal calling, whereas Graham gets a flow of instructions from the bench. This week, when Detroit and Cleveland met for the N.F.L. championship, it was quick-thinking Layne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Pros | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

...bullet that killed Lebanon's first and greatest Premier, brilliant, little Riad el Solh (TIME, July 30, 1951), distressed the generous heart of old Ibn Saud, autocrat of Saudi Arabia. The old lion of the desert could always count on an ally when El Solh was representing Lebanon. Ibn Saud wept and vowed to look after his old friend's widow and four daughters. Tragically in the patriarchal Arab world, El Solh died without leaving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SAUDI ARABIA: Western Woman | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

HOLLYWOOD'S Eagle Lion Studios, Inc., which has been ailing for years, will be the first movie studio to convert entirely to TV. A West Coast syndicate (among the directors: Oilman Edwin Pauley and Broker Daniel F. Reeves, president of the Los Angeles Rams football team) bought Eagle Lion for $1,100,000, will change the name to First National Studios...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Dec. 21, 1953 | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

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