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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Actually, Trevelyan brought a good deal more. Good history, he believed, was never all science; it had to be literature, too. To be read, it had to be fascinating; it was the duty of the historian to make it so. He could not do this without being himself part poet. For "in that strange relation of past and present, poetry is always inherent, even in . . . Greek potsherds and Roman stones, in Manor rolls and Parliamentary reports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Haunted Historian | 9/19/1949 | See Source »

Even as the one new thing around, Ken Murray's vaudeville is by no means a treat. Part of its fantastic Hollywood success may stem, indeed, from its being just the kind of flesh & blood show a movie metropolis can condescend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Variety Show in Manhattan | 9/19/1949 | See Source »

...Last Sunday our fleet made 30 trips, with a total of 150 passengers," he said. "When I am offered money, I suggest that they put the amount of the fare into the church collection box." Gray pooh-poohs the financial sacrifice on his part. "In the early morning, business is bad," he explains. "I just wanted to thank the Lord for my good fortune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Taxi to Church | 9/19/1949 | See Source »

Cinemactor Robert Montgomery, 45, was going into a business that calls for an air of pontifical certitude, but he had not yet adjusted himself to the part. "I don't think possession of a $60 typewriter qualifies me as an expert on anything," he said in his suite at London's Claridge's. Still at work on an English-made movie (Your Witness), he begins this week, in Robert Montgomery Speaking (Thurs. 10:10 p.m., ABC), a new series of radio comment on politics, international affairs, and the arts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: No Crystal Ball | 9/19/1949 | See Source »

Lisa is an expert with a camera, is thinking of combining modeling with a part-time job as a fashion photographer. She has been a top model for 14 years while younger and prettier ones have come & gone, but no one was yet ready to name her successor when and if she stops modeling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Billion-Dollar Baby | 9/19/1949 | See Source »

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