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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bourges, without of course fixing any date, without making any promises, without vaunting any presumptuousness, yet in the full knowledge of the facts, that the day is in sight when Algeria will be pacified. This will come thanks to a general effort by all those who live there to succeed in a profound transformation of this country in order that all its sons-I say all its sons-can determine their fate and the fate of the lands they inhabit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: A Heady Scent | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...Lydia Hill, wearing a large diamond ring, returned to London and was killed in the blitz. "I am heartbroken," said the Sultan, who had followed her to Britain. A few days later he met reddish-blonde Rumanian Marcella Mendl and married her, explaining: "It was love at first sight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MALAYA: Shrubs in the Fairway | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...Segal's first zoological work was with the limpet, a small saltwater mollusk, but when he got to Emporia, he turned over a stone and found a slug. It was love at first sight. He took the slug back to the lab and eagerly collected company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Slug Time | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...death in 1891, he seemed to rededicate himself, in a sense, to the Sherman tradition. He attended Army of the Tennessee reunions, took such tough stands on national issues -"Socialism asks us to vote for the dishonor of our mothers"; "The man who shoots an anarchist on sight is a public benefactor"-that his Jesuit superiors pulled him off speaking tours. In 1898 he volunteered for duty as an Army chaplain, served in Puerto Rico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Father Tom | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

Among the three groups expected to provide the additional amount, only national alumni are within sight of their goal, having collected over 98 per cent of the $12 million quota. Philip H. Theopold '25, chairman of the group, has urged all alumni who have not yet contributed to make their gifts before Commencement...

Author: By Mary ELLEN Gale, | Title: Program Contributions Pass $61 Million Mark | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

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