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On the strength of Landau's two wins, a fourth by John DuMoulin in the hammer, and a fifth in the javelin by Skip Pescosolido the varsity scored 13 points, good for a sixth place tie with Penn. Favored Villanova nosed out a surprising Penn State team to retain its...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Landau Wins IC4A Crowns In Both Low, High Hurdles; Crimson Ties for Sixth Place | 6/3/1958 | See Source »

"Jumblatt controls 20 villages and an army of about 2,000 wool-capped tribesmen who carry grenades slung from belts and watch fobs, and shoulder Italian submachine guns as casually as hoes. Tall, thin, hawk-nosed, and dressed in slightly rumpled grey suit, Jumblatt himself is a somewhat intellectual mountaineer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEBANON: When Compromise Is Victory | 6/2/1958 | See Source »

The most pervasive voice in radio or television belongs neither to Bing Crosby nor Perry Como, but to a pretty, twinkly, auburn-haired girl named Gloria Wood. Blessed with a four-octave range and a gift for mimicry, Gloria can sing high or low, squeaky or sweet, on demand and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Offstage Voice | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

From the moment he galloped off the mark in the Los Angeles Coliseum Relays last week, the long-nosed, long-legged youth looked like the top man in his trade. With his countryman Merv Lincoln tagging along behind him, Herb loped over the grassy turf track with the stride of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fast Business | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

As Van mops up his one-Texan conquest of the Soviet Union this week, the Russians have to look back a century for a comparable triumph. That was when Franz Liszt, history's most vaunted piano virtuoso (and the teacher of the man who taught Van's first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The All-American Virtuoso | 5/19/1958 | See Source »

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