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Hardly had Nikita Khrushchev's bluster about Russia's strength died in Washington than a sobersided report showed that the Soviet economy lags much farther behind the U.S.'s than any Russian politico cares to admit. The report, written by top British Economist Alec Nove, 42, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Slowdown for the Soviets | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Rerun of the second installment of The Untouchables, a sobersided documentary of the downfall of Al Capone's prohibition empire.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Aug. 31, 1959 | 8/31/1959 | See Source »

In Accra, the Ghana Times "humbly" suggested that the new baby be named either Amma Ghana or Kwame Ghana. In London, palace officials were busy looking up the proper procedure for setting up a Council of State to take on the Queen's duties later on. In the midst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Delighted, Ma'am! | 8/17/1959 | See Source »

The London press wallowed in the courtroom spectacles: 6½ columns a day in the Daily Telegraph, up to three full columns in the sobersided Times. Basking in the limelight, Liberace, who first came to court in an uncharacteristically quiet blue suit, changed to a costume featuring an exuberant bronze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Liberace Show | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

Its title notwithstanding, Gypsy is a singularly sobersided affair until midway in Act II, when a trio of tassel-tossing campaigners bump, grind and bring down the house in an indelicate air for the G-string called You Gotta Have a Gimmick. Burlesque may have killed vaudeville, but a lot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical on Broadway, Jun. 1, 1959 | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

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