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...second birthday, 50,000 turned out in London to cheer it, although Lloyd George had just warned: "You must not run a thing like this too hard. . . . Every failure at this stage is a ruinous one. It is like the fall of an infant; it may get a broken spine and limp for the rest of its days...
...Sicily there is no bloodier bandit than Salvatore Giuliano. A swart, 25-year-old ex-black marketeer, who began his career with the killing of a customs officer, Salvatore has totted up a spine-chilling record of robbery, blackmail, murder and kidnaping. Yet to many a Sicilian, Giuliano is a hero as revered as Robin Hood. Sicilian police have long since promised not to bother him provided that he kills no policemen. On Palermo's walls, signs calling for "Giuliano for President" are common sights...
...snow-capped spine of the U.S. and the grandeurs of the West must be seen to be believed. This week FORTUNE readers got the next best thing: pictures of western national parks through the eyes of four artists and a photographer. The photographer...
...Dwyer, describing how it felt to be Mayor, "it's about the same as being a grocery clerk. I haven't the time to realize the drama of the situation. But when I am by myself ... I get a funny feeling up and down my spine...
Shudders will go up a lot of spines because of James Burnham's new book (The Struggle for the World-John Day; $3) published just five days after President Truman's historic message to Congress (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). Burnham's purpose is neither to create nor allay shudders, but to stiffen the national spine...