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During a rehearsal of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, Britain's trigger-tempered maestro, Sir Thomas Beecham, an irascible 77, soothed himself by trying to make music on a sheng, an old wind that few modern Chinese blow good. The cluster of fluty pipes had been presented to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 5, 1956 | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

The token political opposition, headed by a pair of oft-jailed oldsters, was unlikely to make trouble anyway. But many a veteran Guardia officer, serving the brusque, quick-tempered Tachito only because Tacho said to, might feel that loyalty had gone far enough. That would be Tachito's headache...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: The Champ is Dead | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

Although housing starts will probably remain below last year's rate, the economy was still in high gear: retail sales, were up 4% for the week, steel pushed at 99.6% of its capacity, corporate dividends were up 15% for the first eight months, employment was at an alltime high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Help for Housing | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

The Spread of the Gospel faces serious obstacles. "In spite of some encouragement," there is as yet no "convincing evidence of a widespread revival of religion." And to make evangelism harder, "There is, also, a recrudescence of some of the ancient faiths [i.e., Buddhism, Mohammedanism, Shintoism] often associated with nationalistic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Methodists & the World | 9/24/1956 | See Source »

Now he began to produce the brand of tennis that had made him a gallery favorite all week long. In the quarter-finals the luck of the draw had sent him against quick-tempered Dick Savitt, 29, back in the big time after a four-year layoff. And Savitt had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPORT: O!d-Fashioned Champ | 9/17/1956 | See Source »

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