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...please leave us to our own interpretation of the works of Al Capp [TIME, Sept. 13]- undoubtedly the most brilliant satirist of our era. His genius defies interpretation . . . Like fine music, Capp's cartoons mean many things to many people. Don't spoil...
Nostalgia for ancient grandeur welled up last week in Greece. It was too bad that the Red guerrillas were still around to spoil things, like mosquitoes at a garden party...
...week's end, Jews and Arabs had not yet agreed to get together at the same conference table. But both sides decided to send "working parties" of experts to Rhodes. "Negotiations are still in preliminary stages," said Bernadotte. "We must move gradually-a hasty step could spoil the prospects." One big obstacle still blocked the way to a possible settlement: the Jews said they would never give up Israeli sovereignty, the Arabs said they would never recognize...
Then, two days before the big bout, the secret leaked out: Jacobs, fearful that fans might stay away from Yankee Stadium if they knew the fight would be televised, had gagged the network and the sponsor. Too much ballyhoo in advance might spoil his chances of a hoped-for million-dollar gate. This week, satisfied with the look of his box office, Jacobs gave NBC a nod. Eastern set owners could relax, and bartenders prepared to handle the biggest crowds in history...
Curious Wife. Their married life was typical of the officer set-dinners with the colonel, shooting-parties, receptions and balls at the best London houses. But Desmond never let social splendor spoil his sense of kindness. He paid constant visits to a crippled veteran who had been his batman in World War II. He spoke tenderly of a doting old aunt, whose senile eccentricity caused her to send him blank postcards at regular intervals. Harriet never saw these two people, but at last she noticed that whenever her husband received a card from his crazy aunt, he broke any previous...