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One Nation's Unity. For Dwight Eisenhower, the week's events were a demonstration of forceful and skillful presidential leadership. He had used his prestige to score a political and policy victory, had placed Capitol Hill-its Republicans and Democrats alike-in the position of sharing the decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Decision & Danger | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

This picture, one of the pioneers in the new-school of psychological westerns, is still one of the best. While the heroes of High Noon and Yellow Sky were softened either by sentiment or the vague suspicion of fear, The Gunfihter features men who are just plain, uncomplicated tough. Naturally...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: The Gunfighter | 2/3/1955 | See Source »

¶Dr. N. Burnett Magruder, radio and TV coordinator for the Louisville Council of Churches, told the Louisville Ministerial Association that they are too casual about broadcasting and telecasting. "The Protestant clergy is in danger of taking a colorless, common-denominator approach. Ministers do not evaluate [broadcast] time as highly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Words & Works | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

As director of the play, George Schaefer takes ample advantage of the ties between three very different characters. In fact, the polarity of these relationships is the play's chief virtue. It provokes laughs when laughs are necessary, and when skillful acting steers the comedy, The Southwest Corner has a...

Author: By H. CHOUTEAU Dyer, | Title: The Southwest Corner | 1/5/1955 | See Source »

And grow they did. Hands grew more skillful and inventions multiplied.* So Pluto fell off a cliff-what next? His ears whirled around like propellers, his front legs spread like wings, and back he roared to safety. In Disney's hands the laws of physics turned to taffy. Shadows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Father Goose | 12/27/1954 | See Source »

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