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...Landy made the same mistake he made two summers ago in Vancouver, B.C., when he lost the British Empire Games' Miracle Mile to Dr. Roger Bannister. He looked back over his shoulder. Bailey shot past on the outside, picked up a yard lead, and hung on to it till the finish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Man with a Mission | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

Coming to Commonwealth Avenue Fewer people are cheering us. More laughing. Just wait till the straightaway comes. We're saving our energy...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: A Veteran's Guide to the Big Race | 5/2/1956 | See Source »

Three minutes more till post time...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: A Veteran's Guide to the Big Race | 5/2/1956 | See Source »

...those who want to stay on the French Riviera, the University of Aix Marseille offers courses in French language, literature and civilization at the coastal towns of Cannes and Nice. English and American literature will also be taught. The summer session begins in the middle of July and lasts till September...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: European Summer Schools Still Accept U.S. Applicants | 4/12/1956 | See Source »

...Seraglio. The Victorian era, according to Pearl, was "an age when prostitution was widespread and flagrant; when many London streets were like Oriental bazaars of flesh; when the luxurious West End nighthouses dispensed love and liquor till dawn; when fashionable whores . . . rode with duchesses in Rotten Row, and eminent Victorians negotiated for the tenancy of their beds; when a pretty new suburb arose at St. John's Wood as a seraglio for mistresses and harlots." In the rising tide of Victorian morality, one female Londoner in every 16 became a whore; there were 6,000 brothels and about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Improper Victorians | 4/9/1956 | See Source »

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