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Even though a few individuals did a lion's share of the work the changing striation of the university community was the main cause of the improvement Bock claims. A close look at the facts show him to be correct...

Author: By Malcolm D. Rivkin, | Title: Hygiene Cures Ills and Has Its Own | 1/8/1953 | See Source »

...Evangelist Graham and Cardinal Spellman left a great many calmer, happier Christians behind them in Korea. Graham also left a dog-tired Korean interpreter, the Rev. Han Kyung Chik, a Seoul pastor. Said Presbyterian Han, after two weeks of high-pressure translating for Billy: "Dr. Graham has such a lion's voice, so much power, and he speaks so rapidly, I can't let my mind wander a minute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Two Visits to Korea | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

This week, for the payoff playoff, the rugged Lion defense let Cleveland's famed Quarterback Otto Graham & Co. roll up 22 first downs, but held them to just seven points. Meanwhile, Detroit's Quarterback Bobby Layne scored from two yards out, handed off to Doak Walker for a 67-yd. touchdown run. and held the ball while Veteran Pat Harder kicked a field goal. Final score that gave Detroit the world championship: 17-7. The payoff for the "have not" Lions: $2,275 apiece. Losing players' share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Payoff Playoff | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

James's Palace in the background," Sir Hugh & Co. decided that crowns should be its theme-but "some like tiaras and some like pike puddings. We think the crown we used (a sort of Coeur de Lion coronet) is really the prettiest of them all." PICCADILLY'S "rather furtive entrance on to Bond Street" was another problem: "We wanted to draw attention to it, and we decided on flowers. But the Bond Street people felt ... we should have a royal symbol. So now we'll have trumpets." THE STRAND'S decorations are a reminder that Maypole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: CORONATION SKETCHES | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

...Damn it all," said one worried oil official last week, "a tough Oklahoma oil driller just isn't going to be satisfied to work here for six days a week and then relax with a bottle of Coca-Cola." But neither was a tough old Lion of the Desert, rich as Croesus, apt to be worried by such deprivation, when the welfare of his sons was at stake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SAUDI ARABIA: Dry Desert | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

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