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...Soviet Party Presidium came flying into Warsaw and Khrushchev stepped out, arms flailing, shouting insults at the Poles. Gomulka was calm. When Khrushchev asked, "Who is that?" Gomulka replied, "It is I, Gomulka, the man you sent to jail." The Russians' coup de théâtre flopped because one of Gomulka's supporters had taken the precaution of arming the workers of the Zeran works, and another, the new secret police boss, had put a discreet cordon of tanks around the parliament house and changed the guard at Radio Warsaw. After listening patiently to Khrushchev...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Rebellious Compromiser | 12/10/1956 | See Source »

...will compose and conduct two pieces for Stuttgart's festival of popular music, has agreed to compose and arrange the music for Roland Petit's fall variety show and to co-star with Chevalier in a 13-week stand at the Théátre Alhambra. But he still casts a wistful look back at the classical career he planned for himself. "It's difficult to be a composer of serious music," he says. "You have to be convinced that you're terrific, or you're nothing. It's not the same as popular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Top Seller | 7/30/1956 | See Source »

Last week, it was the French Canadians' turn to take top billing. Twelve players from Montreal's Théâtre du Nouveau Monde turned in crackling, rapid-fire performances of three Molière one-act plays. Most of their audience was English-speaking, but the French actors' skilled miming as they romped through the Molière farces got the meaning across. The addition of the French plays and French style to the Stratford program was hailed not only as a theatrical coup, but also as a rare illustration of Canada's dual culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Le Bon Stratford | 7/16/1956 | See Source »

...tre d'Hôtel Charles Ficklin gets $4,745; his brother, First Butler John Ficklin, $3,575. They, the second butler and two other butlers, two housekeepers, five housemen and eight maids, must keep track of 2,200 pieces of table linen, 2,427 of glassware, 10,114 of chinaware, 6,201 of silverware, 2,630 of furniture, to say nothing of lamps, rugs, draperies, portraits, blankets and assorted bric-a-brac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Thrifty Household | 6/6/1955 | See Source »

...pleure dans mon coeur Comme il pleut sur la ville. Quelle est cette langueur Qui pénétre mon coeur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 20, 1954 | 9/20/1954 | See Source »

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