Word: lonelies
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...more than a Zane Grey to Germany, and more a popular moralist than a popular novelist. May became an authority on the wild West without straying from Dresden (where he kept his Villa Shatterhand littered with frontier souvenirs), and May's West was even nobler than the Lone Ranger's. Old Shatterhand (a German immigrant cowboy) brought Teutonic virtue to the plains, shunning six-shooters in favor of his sledgelike fists...
Simple Morality. Such ardor is not limited to Germany. Though Frenchmen insist that Germans are Europe's real cowboy fanatiques, the French still log many hours watching The Lone Ranger on television, and they are used to seeing their children hurry home from school to catch L'Aigle Noir (Black Eagle) Thursday afternoons. For serious children, French television is offering a new series: Véritable Histoire du Far West...
...years as a Congressman, Illinois Republican Noah Morgan Mason counted himself a lone voice speaking out against "socialistic government," a view that resulted in plenty of advice but little consent to New Deal, Fair Deal and Eisenhower programs alike. Now 82, the per snickety Welshman will retire this July 31. But "not to hibernate," he said. "I plan to become a missionary to the liberal heathen of the Hill . . . preaching conservatism to those members who yet may be saved to a happier future...
...losing cause, Rollins handled three hot shots to third flawlessly, and shut off a National League rally with a one-hand grab of Tommy Davis' ripping sixth-inning grounder. At bat, he was the only American Leaguer to reach base twice, scored his team's lone run. Said Rollins: "Maybe after you've been picked for the All-Star team five or six times, you can think you're pretty good. But a man in my position can't afford to think that way. I'm not a success...
Judge Potter Stewart [who was the lone dissenter to the majority decision] for TIME'S Man of the Year...