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Pretoria's old Raadsaal (council hall) was windy with laughter last week. Ninety-nine Nationalist members of Parliament assembled there, not as legislators but as so-called judges. They thought it was a great joke, and kept calling to each other: "Goeie more, Meneer Regt;" (Good morning, Mister Judge). But for South Africa's second-and third-class citizens, the joke was a grim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: How High Is Supreme? | 9/8/1952 | See Source »

...lavish living went on near some of the world's slummiest slums. The new de facto ruler of Egypt, General Mohammed Naguib, and his hand-picked Premier, Aly Maher, decreed the abolition of the titles of bey and pasha (roughly equivalent to sir and lord). "Call me Hadretkom [mister]," urged an aging pasha on hearing the news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Call Me Mister | 8/11/1952 | See Source »

...Mister Peepers (Thurs. 9:30 p.m., NBC). New comedy series, starring Wally Cox as a-high-school science teacher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Jul. 14, 1952 | 7/14/1952 | See Source »

...only call the Camachos could be exact about on the time. In this call, several members of the family and a friend on the party line heard the caller use such words as "whore, prostitute, son of a bitch," and phrases like "you'd better watch your wife, mister, we've all been in bed with...

Author: By Laurence D. Savadove, | Title: Pair ClaimP hone Case 'Frame-Up' | 5/24/1952 | See Source »

...Mister General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 5, 1952 | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

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