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...this toe-to-toe political struggle, George Craig clearly has the good wishes and the help, whenever possible, of the President of the U.S. As it did in the basement in the Saar, the presence of General Eisenhower in his camp gives Major Craig a great feeling of confidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Warfare on the Wabash | 3/7/1955 | See Source »

...acrimony between the Radical Socialists and the M.R.P. was solved only when the M.R.P. got an L-shaped seating pattern whose toe extended leftward across the front of the Radical benches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: FRENCH ASSEMBLY | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

...tonight's game, Wilson agreed that his team will have to stop Columbia's phenomenal scorer Chet Forte (pronounced For-toe) if it is going to come anywhere near winning. "Forte is the second best college shooter I've ever seen," Wilson said yesterday. "The only better one I've ever seen was Larry Costello of Niagara." (Costello was Niagara's captain last season...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Hoop, Mat Squads Meet Columbia | 2/5/1955 | See Source »

...paint would stay. They even tried sewing little numbered "running shorts" on them, soon discovered that clothing a wriggling toad in the dark, often in heavy rain and cold weather, is just about impossible. Finally, "with some reluctance." they hit upon the idea of cutting off a toe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Toads of Clayesmore | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

...flashy production numbers. Not content with one run-through of "Alexander's Ragtime Band," for example, the entire cast pursues the piece in any mimicable dialect--all with gusto and girls. The finale is especially typical, with everything in motion. A gigantic pedestal moves up and down, banners swirl, toe dancers spin about, and jugglers far in the background fling objects into whatever space remains. The effect is quite fulsome, and with the exception of Marilyn, a wholesome and generally entertaining musical...

Author: By Cliff F. Thompson, | Title: There's No Business Like Show Business | 1/4/1955 | See Source »

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