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It also means they can tip the scullers over twice. The river boats, for that is what they are called on the Mississippi, have a ratio of almost two children to every adult. Since there are no rocks on the ship, they are very good-natured children.

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Death of a Sculler, in Three Acts | 4/30/1955 | See Source »

Milliet, in Aries in 1888 to rest up from a campaign in Indo-China, met Van Gogh in the town and posed for him now and then. In return, Van Gogh taught him a little about drawing and perspective. The artist was "an odd, good-natured man," Milliet recalled. "He...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Old Soldier's View | 4/11/1955 | See Source »

Smiling, venturing a word or two of high-school Spanish, and shaking thousands of hands, Vice President Richard Nixon last week turned his tour of Central America into an unaffected show of friendship among backyard neighbors. To the official ceremonials that stretched his days to 16 and 18 hours, he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CENTRAL AMERICA: Backyard Visitor | 3/7/1955 | See Source »

But Party Leader Ollenhauer, a good-natured ineffectual, has been increasingly mesmerized by the party's extreme left wing. The leading light on the left is pipe-smoking Herbert Wehner, 48, a devious, rambunctious orator and former Communist (1927-43). Wehner prefers to move quietly in the background of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Reckless Opposition | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

Despite his blinding smile, Lancaster does not try to deceive anyone about the black heart in his breast. Quite the contrary; he and Gary Cooper spend most of the movie trying to prove that each is a dirtier guy than the other. But they so obviously relish their parts as...

Author: By John A. Porz, | Title: Vera Cruz | 2/5/1955 | See Source »

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