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Luck for the Shepherd. When Shepherd Charal Shatis looked into the strange blue eyes of the son his wife had brought home, he felt some misgivings. But Shatis began to prosper, and he came to believe that Blue Eyes brought him luck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYPRUS: The Changelings | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

...long as it is run Dave Beck's way. He is an able, honest, startlingly frank man-and in recent years he has become startlingly reasonable. He is full of the kind of civic pride which rich industrialists had once reserved for themselves; he wants his minions to prosper. His word and his contracts are as good as gold. He not only gets pork chops for his unions but disciplines them with an iron hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Herdsman | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

...deadlier blandishments. The film's limitations are largely those of its star, though it manages some tension in such rough & tumble scenes as the one where Don José and Garcia (Victor Jory) hack at each other with trowel-sized knives. The story is based on the Prosper Mérimée novel and does not make use of the music from Bizet's opera. It is prettier and more exciting than the opera could ever be without the score-but nothing about it begins to match Bizet's music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Sep. 6, 1948 | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

Songs & Candles. The Church of Christ, they thought, ought to be a united fellowship of all believers. They plotted to nudge their congregations into eventual unity, and for a while the experiment seemed to prosper on joint choir recitals, Christmas festivals and church socials. But when the two eager young pastors frankly talked merger to a joint meeting of their church boards, they learned something about the wellsprings of faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Good Fences, Good Neighbors? | 8/16/1948 | See Source »

Texas, of course, has its fair share of demagogues, rabble rousers and just plain exhibitionists, many of whom are continually running for office. They thrive and prosper on just such free publicity as you have given Windmill Lyndon Johnson [TIME, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 19, 1948 | 7/19/1948 | See Source »

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