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¶Widowed old Mrs. Harding is bothered by only one problem: Just where did she drop her dentures years ago? By sheer persistence, Mrs. Harding has turned "life" into a series of long tramps through the bush in search of her missing teeth.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The African Sickness | 4/26/1954 | See Source »

"It's Gold! It's Gold!" Flaubert's simpletons are a Mutt & Jeff pair. François Denys Bartholomée Bouvard is fat and gay, Juste Romain Cyrille Pécuchet thin and dour. When they come into some money, they move to Normandy and become...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: French Mutt & Jeff | 3/22/1954 | See Source »

Still, the new ones are a remarkable echo of the old. Coincidence is used just as recklessly; the old fictional virtues of pluck and luck dominate every page. But Tom Jr. has it all over his proud dad as an inventor. Where the old hero aroused the admiration of his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Chip Off the Old Block | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

Manhattanites flocked to the show, eager to pay their respects and up to $6,000 for a sample of the old man's magic. John Marin himself bobbed up for an hour to see how his pictures looked on the gallery wall, then hustled back to his paintboxes. At...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Instinct at 82 | 1/19/1953 | See Source »

Daniel S. Cheever is one man who will admit that his wife is smarter than he is. Even though Cheever is Allston Burr Senior tutor of Winthrop House, head of the Fulbright program, and assistance professor of government, the smiling, informal lecturer is quick to grant all I.Q. laurels to...

Author: By Byron R. Wifn, | Title: So Little Time | 12/16/1952 | See Source »

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