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...poetry-for-the-people movement expects to be successful, it could well take a lesson from Amory who nearly succeeded in joining poetry and drama without losing the best points of either form. Otherwise, even select audiences may tire of seeing a poet's soul so confusingly bared...

Author: By Laurence D. Savadove, | Title: The Playgoer | 12/5/1951 | See Source »

Independent Income. In Kansas City, Dennis Hudson, 39, explained why he had stolen a car: he intended to sell its spare tire, because "I wanted to pay my own way in life and didn't want to ask my relatives in Denver for money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 26, 1951 | 11/26/1951 | See Source »

...radio a little bit. [The sheriff] told him to go ahead and check and so the deputy sheriff went on a short ways in front of us and says, 'O.K.' . . . The sheriff began to shimmy his wheel and said, 'Something is wrong with my left front tire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Sheriff Shoots | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

Irvin said the sheriff reached under the seat for his flashlight, got out and kicked the front wheel. "Then he said, 'You sons of bitches get out and get this tire fixed' ... So Shepherd, he takes his foot and put it out of the car and was getting out, I can't say just how quick it was, but he shot him. It was quick enough, and he turned, the sheriff did, and he has a pistol and he shot him right quick . . . That left [Sammy] against the face of the car and then he shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Sheriff Shoots | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

...wheelbase (v. 145-2-for Chrysler Crown Imperials), the low-slung "K-310" is 18 ft. 4½ in. overall. It has the same basic engine as the Imperial, but horsepower has been stepped up from 180 to 310; the car can do 150 m.p.h. Added feature: a spare tire that can be swung out easily from the trunk compartment on counterbalanced springs. Chrysler has not yet decided whether to market the K-310. Approximate price, if it does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Nov. 19, 1951 | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

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