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Steven Aaron, as a gouty old gossip, is another worthy addition to the destructive drawing room. But once the good tempered malice of Lady Teazle is allowed to take control of the play, the sinner's circle must suffer and with them some of Sheridan's best effects. Though the friendly barbs in the Sneerwell drawing-room provide a vastly enjoyable visit, the play might also have retained its cutting edge to good purpose...

Author: By Arthur J. Langguth, | Title: School For Scandal | 11/19/1954 | See Source »

...Cinnamon Sinner (Tony Bennett; Columbia). "She's got sugar-dipped kisses and cherry-tipped charms," warbles Tony hoarsely, and goes on to rave about the lady's other sweet-flavored assets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Oct. 25, 1954 | 10/25/1954 | See Source »

...organization where the U.S. has any say. He added, however, that he could not predict conditions in China five years from now; he would be a little off his rocker if he tried. So he was not going to try. He was always ready to see whether the sinner reformed and was ready to come into the fold, the President concluded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Life with Father | 8/16/1954 | See Source »

When a priest and a sinner become fond of each other, an account of their genial tilting is apt to make a readable story. Such bestselling authors as Giovanni Gua reschi (The Little World, oj Don Camilla), Bruce Marshall (The World, the Flesh, and Father Smith), and A. J. Cronin (The Keys of the Kingdom) have made the most of it. Now enters Dutch Novelist Arie van der Lugt with The Crazy Doctor, to show that the everlasting contest goes on in Holland too. It is, after all, a universal story, its interest limited only by the writer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Dutch Soul Saved | 8/16/1954 | See Source »

...caballero has asked me who is the greater sinner," continued the radio voice, "he who sins against chastity or he who sins against charity? It is my conviction that, as the hour of death draws near, believers repent of their sins against chastity, while those who have stolen money or the good reputation of neighbors rarely repent, and even more rarely do anything to restore what they have taken . . . Without belittling the dangers deriving fromlust, we should watch out even more for the dangers of breaking the Seventh and Eighth Commandments. I fear it is a trick of the Devil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Imprudent Priest | 1/18/1954 | See Source »

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