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...identified as a peacock. After several hours I was chilled to the bone, bitten everywhere by bugs, scratched on the face by some pesky twigs, and firmly determined never again to stray from a city pavement. The Perkinses managed to find some unusual birds. All I spotted was a robin-first of the season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jul. 14, 1947 | 7/14/1947 | See Source »

...bandit than Salvatore Giuliano. A swart, 25-year-old ex-black marketeer, who began his career with the killing of a customs officer, Salvatore has totted up a spine-chilling record of robbery, blackmail, murder and kidnaping. Yet to many a Sicilian, Giuliano is a hero as revered as Robin Hood. Sicilian police have long since promised not to bother him provided that he kills no policemen. On Palermo's walls, signs calling for "Giuliano for President" are common sights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Price of Heads | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

...Winnie-the-Pooh) Milne's 26-year-old son, the original Christopher Robin of the nursery verses, a war veteran, won honors at Cambridge in his English examinations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jun. 23, 1947 | 6/23/1947 | See Source »

Menotti: Sebastian Ballet Suite (Robin Hood Dell Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting; Columbia, 4 sides). Delightful, polished, contemporary ballet music, with plenty of Puccini-like melody. Performance: excellent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Jun. 16, 1947 | 6/16/1947 | See Source »

...Newton Center, Mass., a British subject more than evened things up by continuing to beat the best U.S. pros. By winning the Goodall round robin, South Africa's Bobby Locke (TIME, May 26) made it four out of six tournaments (and some $8,350 in winnings) in two months of U.S. golf. For his last 25 tournament rounds, he was 41 under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Two Yanks at Carnoustie | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

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