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The movie's fault, is that the people aren't really big; their motives often appear selfish or spiteful or stupid. The disparity between the characters' grand surroundings and their petty actions is, of course, one of the main points of the film, and it requires that these people be...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: Giant | 11/9/1956 | See Source »

Having downed two half-kegs of beer in and hour and a half, the milling participants tried to cheer themselves up further by telling each other, "We're not losing by much," and "We're bound to win somewhere." The most spirited reaction of the evening was a loud hiss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lethargic Democrats Despair While HYDC Holds 'Victory' Party | 11/7/1956 | See Source »

King of the Hill. Tacho Somoza ruled Nicaragua for 22 years by king-of-the-hill toughness. "I'll give this country peace if I have to shoot every other man in Nicaragua to get it," he announced just after the U.S. Marines, ending their occupation in 1933, turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: The Champ is Dead | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

BIG URANIUM DEAL will give Floyd Odium's Atlas Corp. foothold in Millionaire Charles Steen's mining (Mi Vida mine) and milling (Uranium Reduction Co.) empire. After year of maneuvering, Odium bought 30% interest in $8,000,000 uranium mill being built by Steen's Uranium Reduction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Sep. 10, 1956 | 9/10/1956 | See Source »

With his only nourishment a glass of bicarbonate of soda every 24 hours, Desai within a week had lost 8½ Ibs. He was, announced the eight doctors who hovered over him, "extremely weak." At week's end, on the urging of 40 leading citizens of Ahmedabad, who assured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Gandhi's Legacy | 9/3/1956 | See Source »

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