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...when atomic fission explodes her planet and it becomes a star, which he finds on his photographic plates. By this time the much-bruited question of whether the fellow is out of his mind should have been settled, but the author still seems to think that he is sane. And then, alas, there are sexy jokes concerning this woman spook and Massey's infidelity to his loving wife...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

...foremost newsmagazine in the world, why not help the sane and intelligent women of our country to stop this new fashion trend (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 8, 1947 | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

Said Judge Francis J. Ford coldly: "The defendant . . . is sane. He is a fanatic. Counsel for the Government said he was a snob-I do not adopt the word. [But] he was willing to adopt any ideology that would give him a chance to associate with people that he thought were of some importance. He expected Germany to win the war. What type of sentence shall I impose that will act as a deterrent to others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TREASON: Life for a Snob | 8/11/1947 | See Source »

...world. This book, a selection of his verse and prose, introduces him to the U.S. public. Betjeman (pronounced Betch-man) is minor but not slick; he is, in a very light and quiet way, a serious poet. If laurel wreaths may be awarded for a variety of sane satires and affections, for blandness of style and an ear for delectable rhythms, Betjeman deserves at least a small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Small Wreath | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

...jail, Wright tried to commit suicide, and was sent to a mental hospital. The hospital treated him, decided that he was sane, and sent him back to jail. Thereupon his lawyer called in a top-ranking Pittsburgh psychiatrist. Dr. Yale David Koskoff, senior neurosurgeon at Montefiore Hospital, suggested a prefrontal lobotomy (brain nerve-cutting) to revamp Wright's "psychopathic personality." That was all right with the prisoner-and with the court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Crime Cure? | 7/14/1947 | See Source »

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