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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have been expected, our undistinguished Senator Dodd has uttered another of his profound political oratories. The Geneva talks have failed; there appears to be no summit conference in sight; and this politician wants to prevent the one remaining possibility that may in some way alleviate the heat of the cold war. It is unfortunate that this mediocre man does not realize that he may be instigating violence during the Khrushchev visit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 14, 1959 | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

...Uris (Exodus, Battle Cry), 35, recalled his record at Philadelphia's Bartram High School, said he had flunked English three times and was about to register flunk No. 4 when he enlisted in the Marine Corps. To Uris, who recently signed a contract with Columbia Pictures for four sight-unseen novels, the matter was merely academic, but "it's a good thing English has nothing to do with writing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 14, 1959 | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

Conniving, scrounging and hustling, the White Sox started this week with a solid lead of 5½ games, after splitting a pair with the second-place Cleveland Indians, 3-2 and 5-6. Come what may, the sight of the jerrybuilt White Sox leading the league is so fascinating that the team will most likely break its 1951 attendance record of 1,328,234 by more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Going--Going--Gone? | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

There is no plot to speak of. The songs are derivative, and the star is a talking 1960 model automobile without driver that revs its engine and blows its horn at the sight of a pretty girl. The show has all the aroma of an hour-and-a-quarter commercial. In fact, that is precisely what it is. But by the time it finishes its 48-day, eight-city, coast-to-coast tour next month, Buick '60, Buick's slick, sales-gimmick musical, will have run up a road record that few Broadway hits can approach: almost every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAY OFF BROADWAY: A Star Is Born | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

...nearer to home need converting, why should five young Americans die in a hail of spears in an Ecuadorian jungle trying to bring the Gospel to a tiny tribe of Indians whose language was almost unknown, whose cultural level was close to zero, and who killed every stranger on sight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: What Makes a Missionary | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

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