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...couple of guys out here to see you." A voice from the back room yelled back, "He's on the phone." We stood around for half an hour while various men yelled at Kelly. After AL Smith had called three or four times, a small man in a blue pin-stripe suit waddled up and introduced himself as Tommy Kelly. He repeated what the publicity man had said before and added that he did not know how we could get a hold of "the Governor." "The Governor was meant to come in here this afternoon, but I guess he went...

Author: By Philip M. Cronin and Samuel B. Potter, S | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 10/6/1951 | See Source »

Lester S. Cramer '30, one time king-pin of a vast tutoring school operation which involved thousands of University students, is back in Cambridge again--this time as Lester S. Cramer...

Author: By Herbert S. Meyers, | Title: Ex-Cram School Head Is Law Student | 9/26/1951 | See Source »

...took a one-up lead over Billy by the end of the first nine, lost it on the next hole. Then, on the 203-yard 14th hole, Billy uncorked a shot that broke Gagliardi's heart, if not his spirit. With his opponent only 7 ft. from the pin on his drive, Maxwell wedged his ball from a trap toward the cup, 40 ft. away. It dribbled in for a birdie 2. Gagliardi missed his seven-footer, went one down, trailed Billy all the way home. After he calmly halved the 33rd hole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Giant Killer | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

...from criminal practice because he was becoming involved emotionally in the struggle for clients' lives, reluctantly agrees to defend a neighborhood boy accused of murder. As the pressures mount, Tracy places more & more reliance on alcohol, ineptly bribes a state's witness, and fumbles his attempt to pin the crime on Waterfront Boss Eduardo Cianneili...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 17, 1951 | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

Shinsui Ito is even more of a traditionalist, for he has steadily resisted Western influences and made his reputation as a purely Nippon-Ga (Japanese-style) artist. As a portrayer of beautiful women, Shinsui is inevitably compared with Utamaro, the classic pin-up master. Although Shinsui admits that Japanese standards of feminine charm have changed ("it seems that the bust and figure predominate nowadays"), he has never wavered in his devotion to pure Oriental prettiness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: NIPPON-GA & MODERN, TOO | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

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