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...Koestler has chosen to give still more specific testimony in the form of his autobiography. Arrow in the Blue. Volume I. published this week, firmly demonstrates that he was not overbold to attempt a self-summation so early. In this volume alone, which carries him only to his 27th year, Author Koestler lives as many lives as most men do in their full span...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Inside the Holocaust | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

...center of the Western World" was received from Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'u'lláh's son, in 1902. The fact that there were very few Bahá'is in the U.S. at that time made the project seem overbold. But by 1912 the Temple's site had been bought, and blessed by Abdu'l-Bahá himself. Cried he: "Now praise be to God that Chicago and its environs, from the beginning of the diffusion of the Fragrances of God, have been a strong heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Nine-Sided Nonesuch | 5/24/1943 | See Source »

...success made the swindlers overbold. Well-satisfied claimants went to work for the lawyers, drummed up new business for a cut of the profits. The law firms which ran the racket even began a price war. The lawyers also became less careful in the selection of clients. Persons not only in the 50s but also in the 40s and even 30s were making claims for disability from heart disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: How to Fake Heart Disease | 3/8/1943 | See Source »

...seemed a sure winner. Hagen -"Third Round" Hagen-had thundered around, burning up the course, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, with four bad holes to spoil his chances at the end. "Wild Bill" Mehlhorn, he of the huge feet and iron wrist, had undone his hope only by an overbold attempt to gobble a long putt on the last green. The 294 was still best; Turnesa waited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: U.S. Open | 7/19/1926 | See Source »

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