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...Litter Perfect. In South Houston, Tex., a stray yellow alley cat wandered into the local post office building and gave birth to tour kittens under the Special Delivery table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 1, 1949 | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...Paramount), a remake of Damon Runyon's Little Miss Marker, turns out to be a major salvage operation. The original 1934 Hollywood version lifted Shirley Temple to stardom. The current version, though it has very little to do with Runyon, lifts Comedian Bob Hope out of an accumulated litter of silly scripts, props and costumes, and gives him a new grip on the U.S. public's funny bone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jun. 27, 1949 | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

...once given up for dead by Lima doctors was brought to the cantina as a last resort. There the barman reached for la botella especial-the special bottle tucked away under the bar. After the bartender had dealt him a single snort, the dying man arose from his litter and walked away. He had drunk pisco ^from a rough, clear glass bottle in which was coiled, eyes open, a green garter snake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wine of the Country | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

...Seven Storey Mountain is the best-selling non-fiction book in the country. From the sedate lending libraries of New England to the bustling women's clubs of the West Coast, people are reading and talking about Poet Merton's sensitive, unhappy groping through the litter of modern civilization to find peace at last. Word-of-mouth endorsements are largely responsible for the demand; bookstores are accustomed to coping with those who did not quite catch the title and come in asking for "Seventh Storey Monk" or "Second Storey Mountain." Protestants and Catholics, businessmen and housewives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Mountain | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

...Dreamer. In a Guatemala City boarding house, rancor spilled from another Dominican exile. Ex-Millionaire Juan Rodriguez, who had sunk his fortune into the Legion, blamed Figueres for "playing ball with other factions." With a distasteful glance at the litter of papers in his shabby room, he sighed: "I never thought I'd come to Central America. But to kick out Trujillo, I'd go to China, or Japan-or even to hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CENTRAL AMERICA: The Waiting Game | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

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