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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Segni took office, the four-party coalition which had dominated Italy since 1953 was falling apart. Wispy-white-maned Antonio Segni, who looks like a Shakespearean bit-player on short rations, seemed the last man in the world to repair it. To everyone's surprise, he promptly staged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Long Summer's End | 5/20/1957 | See Source »

The count was two and two. Spraddle-legged in the batter's box, Yankee Shortstop Gil McDougald figured he was going to have to swing on the next one. In the split second that it takes a ball to travel 60 ft. 6 in. from the pitcher's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fastest & Finest | 5/20/1957 | See Source »

Navy's victory over the varsity in the elimination heat was not quite as much of a surprise as it might appear to be. The Crimson's margin over them in Philadelphia was less than half a length and at the Sprints Love remarked that they had improved a great...

Author: By James W. B. benkard, | Title: Tigers Beat Lightweights; Crimson Loses at Sprints | 5/20/1957 | See Source »

Dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla's barefaced drive to re-elect himself President of Colombia piled up enough opposition last week to bring it to a shaky halt. Joined to thwart the strongman's second-term ambitions, the Roman Catholic Church under Crisanto Cardinal Luque, the newly united Liberal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: The Strongman Falters | 5/13/1957 | See Source »

For U.S. Steel Corp., biggest of the steelmakers, Chairman Roger M. Blough announced the best three months in Big Steel's 56-year history. With output averaging 95.7% of rated capacity, sales rose to a record $1.17 billion, some $66 million better than the same quarter last year; profits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Spring Rise | 5/13/1957 | See Source »

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