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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gilbert and Sullivan, the Statue of Liberty, and James Whitcomb Riley also emerge among the bloodied victims of Monocle's shillelagh subtlety. Charles J. Prentiss's "Remembrance of Past Things," some peppered nostalgia for the soap-box liberal (in poetic form), is the only passable selection in the current issue's seventeen attempts...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: Monocle | 7/17/1958 | See Source »

...CALLAHAN Captain, U.S.A. Fort Riley, Kans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 30, 1958 | 6/30/1958 | See Source »

...real gripe," says Minneapolis Physician George Riley Martin, who swapped his 1954 Chevy for a small Simca, "is that American cars are getting too complicated. They're too full of gadgets that are always going wrong. My windshield wipers kept breaking, and they practically had to tear out the dashboard to get at the things. You're getting fins and chrome, and every time that you bash a fender a little bit, the whole side of the car has to be replaced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: On the Slow Road | 5/12/1958 | See Source »

...RILEY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 24, 1958 | 3/24/1958 | See Source »

...RILEY CRABB Barstow, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 20, 1958 | 1/20/1958 | See Source »

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