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Dates: during 1950-1959
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World War II. Invited to join militaristic Premier Tojo's wartime Cabinet, Kishi served for three years as Commerce and Industry Minister, resigned in 1944 after a showdown with Tojo over military strategy (Minister Kishi wanted to sue for peace if the U.S. landed at Saipan). Arrested by the U.S. in 1945 as a suspected war criminal and put into Tokyo's grim Sugano Prison, Kishi mopped floors, cleaned latrines, had "plenty of time for soul-searching" until his release in 1948 (he was never brought to trial). Kishi regards his prison term as the turning point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN'S PREMIER: A Vigorous Visitor with an Urgent Message | 6/24/1957 | See Source »

...equal time on Wallace's show. Parker and Hamilton, shrewd cops with good records (whose names are familiar to viewers of Jack Webb's Dragnet), filed complaints of criminal libel against Cohen and his TV hosts both in Los Angeles and Manhattan. Parker announced that he would sue all concerned, including sponsor Philip Morris. Also ready to sue: ex-Mayor Fletcher

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Important Story | 6/3/1957 | See Source »

Several instrumental soloists distinguished themselves, among them: flutists, Sue Alder and Cynthia Crane in the "Et misericordia" and "Esurientes" sections, and Michael Senturia, who played the oboe obligato during the soprano aria, "Quia respexit." The string section as a whole produced remarkably good intonation and tone quality. It is not surprising that the chorus was not quite up to the caliber of the orchestra since the singers were all freshmen. An unfortunate case of extreme flatting occured in the course of the woman's chorus "Suscepit Israel...

Author: By Bertram Baldwin, | Title: Gabrieli and Bach | 4/16/1957 | See Source »

...News article, written by Sue Beckenbaugh '59, furthermore questioned Oppenheimer's qualifications for the lectureship. "It also seems that someone other than a natural scientist might be found from the array of talent in philosophy and psychology to lecture on the subject so enriched by William James...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Paper Attacks Choice Of Oppenheimer | 4/12/1957 | See Source »

...from the pulpit by New York's Francis Cardinal Spellman as "revolting" and "morally repellent."* Baby Doll ran into its biggest snarl in Providence. The police snipped half a dozen scenes before they would permit it to be shown. Warner Bros., the film's distributor, threatened to sue the exhibitor if he showed the cut version, but he hung out his "For Adults Only" shingle and began running it anyway. Roman Catholic Bishop Russell J. McVinney of Providence urged his flock to abide by the Legion of Decency's ban against the picture even in its censored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Trouble with Baby Doll | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

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