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...narrow 219 votes (with Labor a poor third) and became the new M.P. from Torrington. Mused a Devon farmer in corduroy breeches and leather leggings: "The Liberals may be no better'n no worse'n the others-but they might be better; can't tell till...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Liberal Revival | 4/7/1958 | See Source »

...begun. Soon he gets credit for every good thing that happens in Malgudi. He repays his followers in doubtful oracular wisdom ("What can a crocodile do to you if your mind is clear and your conscience is untroubled?"). When a drought parches the countryside, Raju inadvertently agrees to fast till the rains come. He caches food in the corners of the temple, but the round-the-clock ministrations of his disciples prevent him from eating it. At this point Raju realizes that he is not man enough to be a saint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Reluctant Swami | 3/24/1958 | See Source »

Under questioning by Arkansas' John McClellan and his staff last week, officials of San Francisco's 24,000-member Local No. 3 told of lavish till-raiding under tough old (75) Victor S. Swanson, who bossed the local from 1941 until the I.U.O.E.'s executive board elbowed him out last summer. Items...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Organized Labor (Contd.) | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

...member, White House Conference on Education). A bundle of energy in politics, he won his biggest political fame when he helped Underwood into office, his biggest reward when he was made boss of West Virginia's thriving G.O.P. Strictly an Eisenhower Republican, he will hold his new office till November, plans to run then to fill out the remaining two years of Neely's term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: One for the G.O.P. | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

...takes it on the lam to Paris in a stolen car, falls asleep at the wheel, cracks up, and hides out in a shack on the outskirts of Paris. There he is discovered by the neighborhood bum (Pierre Brasseur), a charming, aging lunk who drinks all night, sleeps till noon, lives off his ancient, hardworking mother, and sulks because nobody loves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 3, 1958 | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

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