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...with considerable disappointment that we read your attack upon an established industry ["That Xmas Loot-Santa Brings More Headaches Than Cheer"]. What a man does in his business is actually his own business, but when he tells a thousand of his suppliers that his people may not accept Christmas gifts, then he is using the boycott...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 29, 1958 | 12/29/1958 | See Source »

...doubt. To his surprise, he begins to find newborn sympathies with slaves and common folk. The old Greek gods have become objects of scorn, and what started as a mindless search for adventure has now become a journey of selfdiscovery. In Egypt he and his pals thieve and loot, fight against the depraved rulers and finally lead a ragged army to the headwaters of the Nile. There Odysseus builds a Utopian city-state in which marriage is outlawed, children are held in common, and the old and weak are left to die. At first all goes well under Odysseus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Homer Continued | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

...gifts on expectant customers, fellow executives, public officials, newspaper editors and anyone else who creeps onto his list. The list has grown so long that today the Santas-in-pin-stripes spend something like $1 billion on yuletide cheer: $300 million for liquor, the rest for a stockingful of loot ranging from $2.50 puddings to $2,500 pianos. The giving is not necessarily due to an excess of Christmas spirit; businessmen simply think that they must. As Denver Radio Station Owner Gene Amole says: "Giving business Christmas presents is like drinking at lunch. Nobody wants to, but everyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THAT CHRISTMAS LOOT,: Santa Bring More Headaches Than Cheer | 12/1/1958 | See Source »

THAR CHRISTMAS LOOT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THAT CHRISTMAS LOOT,: Santa Bring More Headaches Than Cheer | 12/1/1958 | See Source »

Light Enough, Back to Methuselah), reasoning that "you don't always do everything for loot, do you?" His marriages were as varied as his screen credits. No. 1: French Actress Annabella (Suzanne Charpentier). No. 2: Mexican-born Cinemango Linda Christian, who charged Power $1,000,000 for his freedom in 1955. No. 3: Deborah Moatgomery Minardos, 26, of Mississippi, who expects their child in February...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 24, 1958 | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

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