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...dubious goal of entertainment has been undermined by TV, and, despite a sizable circulation of 840,644, the paper is chronically anemic -it lost $700,000 last year alone. Unless it can reverse the trend, the Mirror may disappear, possibly by a merger with the Journal-A merican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Too Many Is Not Enough | 7/14/1961 | See Source »

...about to serve a year each in jail for contempt of Congress pleaded last night for a public crusade to restore individual rights under the First Amendment, and to abolish the House UnA-merican Activities Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Speakers Claim Rights Infringed | 4/13/1961 | See Source »

...native elegance and fluency. But my confidence was destined to meet with a rude shock. I had been wandering about the city, and on returning to the wharf asked a boatman to "take me to the ship," in what I fondly supposed was the choicest Portuguese. "Si, si, Mr. Merican man, me understand you," was the encouraging rejoinder. That was enough for me. I confined myself to pantomime afterwards, except in one instance, when my success was still more startling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS. | 2/26/1875 | See Source »

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