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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sister Eileen (TIME, July 25, 1938) sent her flying into bestselling glory. In The McKenneys Carry On, Lifer McKenney pursued herself and her inseparable sister a stage farther; now, in Love Story, her large public will have a chance to watch her turn the mattress of her twelve-year-old marriage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cheekbone Rhythm | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

Duval went on to explain that he was the father of six children, made 3,500 francs ($10) a week-scarcely enough to buy food for his family for three days. "If there is a straw mattress in the U.S.S.R., it is a plank in France," he continued. "I tell my children that the employers and the government are nothing but bandits . . . Hate, hate, hate, that is what I teach my children . . . Farewell, gentlemen, eat well, a day will come soon, for we have nothing to lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Hate, Hate, Hate! | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

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