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Even on the beat, the police's primary concern is precautionary and not punitive. Patrolmen attend meetings and dances (center left) seeking to prevent trouble, and lock windows and doors in rooms to prevent thefts. "We worry about this even more than the students," said one officer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Experienced Subtlety | 5/12/1955 | See Source »

...They Will Be Rejected." The lock was blown off by the man who headed the advisory committee, former National Chairman Stephen Mitchell. His committee's proposal, Mitchell pointed out, left plenty of muscle to throw out of the 1956 national convention any Democrat who bolted and supported Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. If former Governor James F. Byrnes of South Carolina. Governor Robert F. Kennon of Louisiana, Governor Allan Shivers and former National Committeeman Wright Morrow of Texas seek seats as delegates, warned Mitchell, "they will be rejected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: The Bouncing Corpse | 5/2/1955 | See Source »

Older and wiser now, Blackstone has replaced four-footed animals with blondes and brunettes who obligingly allow him to stab and dismember them, or occasionally to lock them in coflins. The most eager of his helpers lies on a table where, in full view, a buzz saw runs through her midsection. After smiling at the two segments, he covers the gap with a cloth, and then smiles as the girl walks off the stage in one piece. His other tricks include dancing handkerchiefs, floating lightbulbs, and the appearance of an assistant in a glass box built on stage...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: Now You See It. . . | 4/25/1955 | See Source »

Changes in the scrum are Brady Williamson at hooker, Bill Frate at lock and Art Ticknor at flank. All three are veterans of the club. The South African loose forward combination of John Chalsty and Lionel Bryer, which proved so successful on the spring tour, remains unaltered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weakened Rugby Team Still Expects to Defeat New York Club Again Saturday | 4/16/1955 | See Source »

...Budapest, a man asked a party propagandist the difference between a capitalist and a Communist. "That's easy," said the comrade. "The capitalist loves money above all else, while the Communist values the human being." "I see," said the student. "That's why capitalists lock up their money, while the Communists lock up people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: Secret Laughter | 4/4/1955 | See Source »

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