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...strip's gentle satire on mortal failings was never a big crowd-pleaser; at its peak in 1946, only 76 papers carried

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The End of a Fairy Tale | 1/28/1952 | See Source »

...Mortal Remains. Speculating on what actually happened to the bones, American scientists remembered still another theory: they had gotten as far as Tientsin, where they were loaded on a lighter for transfer to an offshore freighter. The lighter capsized and the precious boxes either sank or drifted away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Bones of Contention | 1/14/1952 | See Source »

...tribulations. Beyond Kelly, the "Child of the Morning" has two attractions. If you have seen and enjoyed Ingrid Bergman's "Joan of Arc" by all means go to the Shubert and have a good burst of indignation at the inhumanity of humanity. Or if you enjoy seeing a pigtailed, mortal-saint attacked in her bedroom by Lucky Luciano's nephew, see the "Child of the Morning's" last...

Author: By Laurence D. Savadove, | Title: The Playgoer | 11/21/1951 | See Source »

While one may not agree with the committee's preliminary statement that "all free society is engaged in mortal struggle with Soviet communism," the principles behind UMT are sound and Congress should take prompt affirmative action. The final details of the plan have not as yet been worked out, but when they are Congress should take care that 18-year olds who wish to go on to college do not lose one or two academic years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Colleges and UMT | 10/31/1951 | See Source »

...sons and the widow who puts up the money for the furniture business. Part of his assurance comes from belonging to the Parkinson group, a circle of self-elect who believe in Love, Smiling, and the Unreality of Death. "When I go to my factory and make furniture, to mortal sense I seem to be making wardrobes, armchairs and so on, but really I am spreading love," says Mr. Beluncle. "And the more I spread love, the more orders I get . . ." Nonetheless, the firm slides toward bankruptcy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Critic's Novel | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

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