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...Legacy. Behind him, the little (5 ft. 7 in., 135 Ibs.) President left prosperity and surface stability, but no sound political philosophy, organization or heir apparent. In the three years since his rag-tag army and Nicaragua-based air force (six F-47s) forced out the Red-led regime of Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, Castillo was the country's undisputed ruler-shy and diffident in manner, often indecisive as an administrator, but capable on occasion of moving with stern severity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUATEMALA: Fighter's End | 8/5/1957 | See Source »

Crime & punishment in a rag-tag underworld teaches proud Father Cawder that "it's no part of a priest's business to pass on people like a judge"; an unsentimental first novel on a Graham Greeneish theme (TIME, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Recent & Readable, Jul. 17, 1950 | 7/17/1950 | See Source »

...Encounter, by Crawford Power. Crime & punishment in a rag-tag underworld teaches proud Father Cawder that "it's no part of a priest's business to pass on people like a judge"; an unsentimental first novel on a Graham Greene-ish theme (TIME, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Recent & Readable, Jul. 10, 1950 | 7/10/1950 | See Source »

...Encounter, by Crawford Power. Crime & punishment in a rag-tag underworld teaches proud Father Cawder that "it's no part of a priest's business to pass on people like a judge"; an unsentimental first novel on a Graham Greene-ish theme (TIME, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Recent & Readable, Jun. 26, 1950 | 6/26/1950 | See Source »

...Encounter, by Crawford Power. Crime & punishment in a rag-tag underworld teaches proud Father Cawder that "it's no part of a priest's business to pass on people like a judge"; an unsentimental first novel on a Graham Greene-ish theme (TIME, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Recent & Readable, Jun. 19, 1950 | 6/19/1950 | See Source »

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