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Some think of others. Said Queen Marie Antoinette, after she stepped by accident on her executioner's foot: "Monsieur, I beg your pardon." "Let not poor Nelly starve," said Charles II of his mistress, Nell Gwyn. And George M. Cohan's last words were of his wife: "Look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Exit Lines | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

At first the search concentrated on the women. The principal pro-Mossadegh daily, Bakhtar-e-Emruz, hinted broadly: "It is known that the general did not go out of his way to avoid the company of women." The police picked up Tamara, a faded femme fatale, Teheran's top...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: In a Persian Alley | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

In today's sad songs, people merely sob or suffer from wounded pride. Moreover, Nelly is no longer a lady Stephen Foster would have understood. She tells her boy friend: "Come on-a my house," or howls "hold me, thrill me, kiss me."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Girl in the Groove | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

Nelly was a lady,

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Girl in the Groove | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

You will probably enjoy La Traviata if you can ignore the unsynchronized sound track and the incongruity of narration in English and singing in Italian. Gino Mattera, as Alfredo, is a fine actor with a big, impressive voice. Nelly Coradda, in the juicy role of Violetta, is devastatingly feminine. The...

Author: By Lawrence R. Casler, | Title: Traviata and Trovatore | 3/11/1952 | See Source »

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