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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hattori sometimes writes his own lyrics, but often leaves the chore to others, who have that strange poetic touch which knocks the Japanese for a loop, but leaves a Westerner vaguely feeling as if someone has been beating him over the head with a chrysanthemum petal. The lyrics to Hattori's hit of the week, Aoi Sammyaku...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Jazzy | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

...often-attacked Atomic Energy Commission submitted to Congress this week its sixth semiannual report, dealing mainly with its peaceful, nonsecret activities. The list of these is impressive, for atomic energy, as befits a revolution in human affairs, touches nearly every branch of science...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: AEC Unlimited | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

Much of the picture's force comes from its flat-and often flatfooted-insistence on telling the story straight. Its dirty children, dilapidated porches and stuffy hall bedrooms are authentically grimy; its dialogue often catches the nagging overtones of everyday frustration and defeat. But its brightest achievement is the fresh, engaging and often stirring performances of its two young principals, both newcomers to the screen. Sally Forrest, though she often recalls Producer Lupine's own lush style of acting, has range and depth. So has Keefe Brasselle, who looks something like a lankier Montgomery Clift. For a movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Aug. 8, 1949 | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

...Francisco detectives who ate their lunch at a Kearney Street bakery back in the 1870s all liked soft-spoken old Charley Bolton. Charley, a Civil War veteran who lived in a nearby rooming house, often sat at the detectives' table and chatted with them, sometimes about Black Bart, the bandit nemesis of Wells Fargo stagecoaches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Stagecoach Business | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

Working alone and on foot, Black Bart held up 28 stagecoaches in eight years. While Californians built legends around his name, Wells Fargo detectives scoured the mountainsides for clues. They found little except handwritten poems which Bart often left in the strongboxes he had plundered. One stanza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Stagecoach Business | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

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