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Last week a foursome at Selangor's ninth hole was surprised to see a squad of riflemen in the brush beside the fairway, muttered something about their ruining the rough. As the golfers prepared to tee off, there was a burst of rifle fire. The soldiers had come upon a long-sought hideout of the Ampang gang, a Communist military unit which once spread terror and death through Kuala Lumpur. In a brief fight three terrorists were killed. "It's shockin'," said a bald-headed British major. "I might have sliced one into the beggars' camp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MALAYA: Ruining the Rough | 2/4/1957 | See Source »

Ernie Kovacs, 38, is the one television comedian who finds most of his tee-hee in TV itself. He is a big (6 ft. 2 in., 200 Ibs.), messy, cigar-frazzling buffoon who uses cameras, sets, sound effects to make rowdy electronic fun. He may duel and play poker with himself or shoot a hole through his head and blow smoke through it. Once he appeared to viewers inside a huge bottle, holding an umbrella to keep off the rain. He was slowly submerged, then he tapped the bottle with a hammer; and glass, water and Kovacs spilled onstage. Curling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Utility Expert | 1/28/1957 | See Source »

...Teahouse of the August Moon. Menu: tee-hee (scented with sociology) and a side dish of red-white-and-blue-striped slapstick, charmingly served by Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyo (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Jan. 28, 1957 | 1/28/1957 | See Source »

...Teahouse of the August Moon. Menu: tee-hee (scented with sociology) and a side dish of red-white-and-blue-striped slapstick, charmingly served by Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyo (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Jan. 21, 1957 | 1/21/1957 | See Source »

...Menu: tee-hee (scented with sociology) and a side dish of red-white-and-bluestriped slapstick, charmingly served by Marlon Brando. Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyo (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Dec. 24, 1956 | 12/24/1956 | See Source »

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