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Less than 200 miles of water separates Port Sudan from the Saudi Arabian port of Jidda, which is a 50-mile walk from Mecca. But before the pilgrim may have his passport stamped to cross the Red Sea, he must get through a slough of red tape: pay the British...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SUDAN: Pilgrims Ordeal | 4/13/1953 | See Source »

Until he could get going again, such competitors as Robert Gair Co., Seaboard Container and Fiberboard Products offered to help Connelly keep his business by filling his orders. Soon his trucks, which had not been damaged, were picking up boxes made by competitors and stamped with his name, and delivering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Helping Hands | 3/16/1953 | See Source »

Despite its suspense, off-angle shots, and flashbacks, I Confess hardly rates as first-class Hitchcock. But disregarding Alfred Hitchcock's former efforts, it is a fine product. In an era of stereotyped movie directing, a film with the director's brand stamped squarely on it provides a refreshing and...

Author: By E. H. Harvey jr., | Title: I Confess | 3/3/1953 | See Source »

NEXT morning Dominguin was up soon after 8, to drink his coffee and read the newspaper accounts of his arrival. Then, though he hates exercise, he went out for some roadwork, to get used to the altitude. After that, he was driven to the Plaza Mexico, the world's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONALITY: People, Dec. 22, 1952 | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

Hans Fallada was one of those writers whose books bounce back from the Bank of Posterity stamped "Insufficient Funds." He made the international bestseller lists in the early '30s with Little Man, What Now?, a famously sentimental tale of a harassed bookkeeper whose whimpers found echoes all over a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Story of a Damnation | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

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