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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Scotland has more real autonomy than most foreign observers bother to understand, who think the Border only another kind of Mason-Dixon line. Scotland has full control of its own school system (rated better than England's), its own established church (Presbyterian) and its own legal system, which is based more on Roman law than on English Common Law. Marriage, divorce, drinking and traffic regulations are made in Scotland. Scottish banks issue their own currency, which is interchangeable with English pounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCOTLAND: Proud Nation | 12/20/1954 | See Source »

...fast, seven-league strides which seem to symbolize his driving ambition and dedication to work. His well-written speeches are delivered in the unmodulated, protesting tone of an overworked undertaker. To reporters, he speaks largely in pompous platitudes. He does not smoke, is a Methodist and a joiner (a Mason, an Eagle, a Moose, and a Native Son of the Golden West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SENATOR KNOWLAND: SENATOR KNOWLAND | 12/13/1954 | See Source »

...Star Is Born. Judy Garland makes a stunning comeback in a Technicolored musical version of 1937's Academy Award winner; with James Mason, Jack Carson (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Dec. 13, 1954 | 12/13/1954 | See Source »

...Star Is Born. Judy Garland makes a stunning comeback in a Technicolored musical version of 1937's Academy Award winner; with James Mason, Jack Carson (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Dec. 6, 1954 | 12/6/1954 | See Source »

...same time, Mason said that he is still seeking a speaker to give a single lecture late in the spring. "It is too late to expect someone to prepare a series of three publishable lectures," he explained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Press Prints Jackson's Godkin Lectures | 12/4/1954 | See Source »

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