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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Critics of great note and little restraint have called Pather Panchali "great art" and a "universal experience," these terms being in great vogue at the present time, and very easy to come by. Thus those who want to see "great art" and have "universal experiences" will enjoy Pather Panchali no end. Those who wish to be entertained, however, should be warned that Pather Panchali, while often beautiful, may require more patience than they are willing to muster...

Author: By Peter E. Quint, | Title: Pather Panchali | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

Your Oct. 12 article on Red China's Liu Shao-chi is quite interesting, but you fail to present the actual side of progress and improvement. It is the side of approximately 500,000,000 people being helped in conquering hunger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 2, 1959 | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

Ever since he reluctantly divorced Queen Soraya in 1958, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, Shah of Iran, has been window-shopping through Europe. In his search for a new bride who would present him with a son and heir, the Shah's wandering eye was caught by Italy's pretty Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, 19. But the Vatican, all Italy, and the girl herself proved unalterably opposed to the marriage. Last week his capital of Teheran was alive with signs that the Shah had found both happiness and the bride he wanted in his own country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: The Shah's Search | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

...Cuban exiles who live near Miami and glower across the Straits of Florida at Fidel Castro, last week's opportunity for a propaganda blow was irresistible: 2,000 U.S. travel agents were freeloading on Castro in Havana in a convention dedicated to the fatuous proposition that present-day Cuba is a tourist paradise. Off from Florida went a DC-3 loaded with anti-Castro leaflets, which fluttered down upon the Cuban capital. Fidel Castro, shaken by a key defection in his rebel army that same day, and reports that terrorists were at work, filled the air with machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: No Time for Tourists | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

Despite erratic protection, Meredith has passed for seven of S.M.U.'s 13 touchdowns this year. As a sophomore, he set the alltime completion record for major colleges with a startling 69.6%, at his present clip will finish this season with a three-year mark of 63% to break the record of 62% set last year by Utah's Lee Grosscup (now a scrub-practice quarterback for the New York Giants). "Meredith's uncanny the way he throws," marvels one impressed opponent. "I think he has radar in his receiver's helmets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Texas Whip | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

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