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Next day, he was Britain's confident lion, meeting with eight Commonwealth Prime Ministers and Finance Ministers who had come to London to discuss the problem of how to strengthen the pound sterling.* As banker for the whole Commonwealth, he had good news for them: a sterling area solidly in the black last November, and backed by a $128 million surplus. But the good news was tempered with a startling announcement. To keep the recovery solid, said Churchill, Britain has decided to slash its defense spending by as much as 29% in the next two years; the original three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: At 78 | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

Unimpressed by newspaper ads that promised the customers: "A lion in your lap! ... A lover in your arms!" Los Angeles critics quarreled with the movie itself, the sensation of jungle leaves in the face, the eyestrain produced by the glasses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Lion in Your Lap! | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

...even intelligent lepers often prefer beggars' freedom to the routine of hospitals. Govind finally reaches an asylum where lepers live as a community, raising all they need and living normal lives. He is cured and returns to his family. But what matters in The Mask of a Lion is not the happy ending; it is the sympathy and shrewdness with which Author Simeons introduces his unusual characters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Untouchables | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

Disproved. In Rouen, France, Policeman René Collomb put his hand inside the lion's cage at the.zoo to show his little daughter that the lion wasn't a "nasty" beast, got it clawed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 24, 1952 | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

Columbia edged out Brown for fifth as as result of two Bear fumbles in the first period last weekend. Center Jerry Hampton pounced on both, with Price and Valuska going for for the Lion 14-0 triumph. The Bruins ended up sixth, with a 1-3 record, edging out both Harvard and Dartmouth who share the cellar, with 1-4 cards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Can Win Ivy Title If Cornell Tops Penn Thurs. | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

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