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Patterson worked toward boxing's highest throne with class and precision. When he was not working with the gloves on, he was studying movies of Archie's past fights, and, with canny Manager Cus D'Amato. planning his battle, round by round. Still, the smart money rode...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Youngest Ever | 12/10/1956 | See Source »

How does one get the reputation of a saint in the 20th century? Outside the Roman Catholic Church, where such things are regulated with almost civil-service precision, saintly works are not enough, and miracles are not required. What seems to be necessary is a sort of rapport with the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Saint of the Undecided | 12/3/1956 | See Source »

& Towne Research Center at Valley Forge, had been testing new devices for large and heavy hydraulic valves used in Yale fork lift trucks, when he worked on and developed the tiny new silicone plastic valve in a stainless steel body on an entirely new medical principle to control the fluid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 19, 1956 | 11/19/1956 | See Source »

To judge from its first U.S. appearances, the famed Vienna Philharmonic, the world's second oldest symphony orchestra,* has never heard of Schlamperei. It performs a feat that is the essence of all art but seems to be becoming increasingly rare, in Vienna or elsewhere; it combines heart with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Cruising with the Viennese | 11/19/1956 | See Source »

The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra attempted some difficult music at its concert in Sanders Theater last Friday evening. As could be expected of a largely amateur group, the orchestra played with no great precision of intonation, steadiness of rhythm, or clearness of entrance. But its real sin lay deeper. The performances...

Author: By Bert Baldwin, | Title: The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra | 11/7/1956 | See Source »

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