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A better-dressed, better-mannered politico than his father (Herman likes to chew tobacco, but generally settles for ten cigars a day), Talmadge Jr. ran an efficient state administration, is a successful farmer and lawyer as well as a bitter-end segregationist. He promises as a Senator to work to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICS: Georgia Loses | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

When the Harvard Freshman Dramatic Club settles down and has a good time with Twelfth Night, it has a very good time indeed. Some parts of the show, however, take life too seriously, and there is evidence of over-direction. In the raucous, low humor, when the players are spontaneous...

Author: By Gavin R. W. scott, | Title: Twelfth Night | 4/20/1956 | See Source »

Book Gresham's evil power is opposed by Brother Cox, the "webbed faced" preacher who tries to close the valley honky-tonk but loses his "holy war agin sin" when Book frames him for "a sight of carrying-on'' with a no-good girl. Fate Laird takes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Homily Grits | 4/9/1956 | See Source »

As the Deep South settles down to face the tremendous problems of racial integration, the temptation increases on the part of eager politicians to exploit inevitable clashes for political gain. Already, in the regrettable Miss Lucy affair, remarks by certain candidates for national office show that it is not difficult...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Segregating Integration | 2/24/1956 | See Source »

Organized amateur astronomers will be called on to track the satellite with binoculars or modest telescopes during its first revolutions, which will not be exactly predictable. When it settles down in its orbit, the professionals will take over. Eventually, the satellite will be slowed by air drag, will swing lower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Way of a Satellite | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

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