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...Common Man unskilled in the art of living. Untaught in the wisdom of the race, he is competent neither to rule nor to be ruled ... blatantly vulgar, ill-mannered, boorish . . ." Instead of educating the Common Man to take his newly acquired place of leadership, U.S. schools and colleges have slung him a "mess of servile pottage." Merely to offer more & more of such education to more people, says Bell, solves nothing. The only hope for U.S. civilization as Bell sees it: "Rediscover . . . that democratic education must be not only democratic but also education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Case of Henry Aldrich | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

Spider Webb slung seven innings of two-hit shutout ball at New Prep yesterday before Coach Dolph Samborski took pity and inserted Dusty Cook in his place. The freshman defense opened up to allow two runs on one hit in the eighth, before darkness closed in on the '52 nine's 16 to 2 victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Crush New Prep, 16-2, As Webb Excels | 4/22/1949 | See Source »

...nonsense. Two-gun Cowgirl Calamity Jane (Jane Russell) is released from a jail sentence to track down some low characters who are smuggling rifles and firewater to the Indians. When three of these gimlet-eyed fellows trap her in a bath house (where she keeps her guns slung to her garters), she plugs them and larrups away with a hunt-and-peck dentist, Dr. Painless Peter Potter (Hope). She marries Painless for the sake of appearances, then gets rather fond of him. Whenever he gets in a jam, Calamity stands patiently behind him and plugs his enemies. In time, this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 27, 1948 | 12/27/1948 | See Source »

...Namesake. In Mexico City last week, on the eve of the 38th anniversary of the revolution, a flashing-eyed, 18-year-old beauty named Rosa Maria Franco was chosen "Adelita 1948." With rifle belts slung across her shoulders, she led a parade across the Zocalo and was wined & dined at Ciro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Whom the Sergeant Adored | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

...working model is a low-slung, 25-ft.-long, electric-motored contraption which travels on caterpillar tracks. It has two horizontal rows of rotary steel drills which chew out the coal and sweep it on to a conveyor, which carries it over the tail of the machine into mine cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MINING: Coal Mole | 11/8/1948 | See Source »

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