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...host. His only excess is cigars. One of his favorite occupations is sit ting for long hours in his den strumming Gilbert & Sullivan (at which he is an expert) on his guitar. He is also an expert on the novels of Henry James. Having had hardly any for mal education, Groucho, by dint of greedy reading, has made himself a well-read man. His friends are endlessly amazed at his mastery of the contents of magazines which they regard as highbrow (Atlantic, Harper's, Saturday Review of Literature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Personality | 12/31/1951 | See Source »

...that case was exceptional; most of the magic practiced nowadays is not black (evil) but the white magic of healing. Despite laws against witchcraft, hundreds of curanderas (healers) compete with Mexico's doctors, offering cures for everything from bellyache to heartache. In treating mal de toloache (an intestinal disorder), the curandera (see cut) wraps a snakeskin around the patient's head, opens the doors and windows so that the evil spirits can escape, and then chases the spirits by making crosses with crow feathers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Medicinal Magic | 10/1/1951 | See Source »

...Video Theater (Mon. 8 p.m., CBS). Robert Louis Stevenson's Sire de Malètroit's Door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, may 7, 1951 | 5/7/1951 | See Source »

Dunster, which had previously lost to Leverett in Thursday's first round, swept the first four matches to clinch its victory. Mal Bell, Quincy Williams, Pete Randall, and John Zentay got the four quick wins, while Jim Allen added the insurance victory for the Funsters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bunnies, Funsters Win In House Tennis, 5-2 | 4/25/1951 | See Source »

...Leverett-Dunster matches Bunny Lew Brown defeated Paul Trinchieri, 6-1, 6-3; Funster Mal Bell defeated Neil Shulman, 6-3, 7-5; Dunster's Pete Randall defeated Sam McClerd, 6-4, 6-2; Jim McCormick of Leverett defeated Hugh Raphael, 6-2, 6-3; Dwight Bartlett of the Hutch defeated Stan Gill, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; and Bunny Ed Wilford defeated Don Keller...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hutch, Elephants Defeat Funsters, Adams in Tennis | 4/20/1951 | See Source »

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