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The Thin Red Line of Heroes gets thinner every year. Stan Musial, Enos Slaughter, Al Schoendienst, and Joe Garagiela are the backbone of a fine club, but the rest is unconvincing.

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 4/18/1951 | See Source »

To the world's scientists, Argentina's new method of producing atomic energy was still "the baloney bomb." More than two weeks after Perón's triumphant announcement, no proof of real accomplishment had yet appeared. The few vague details made public were unconvincing, and Dr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Energy of the Pampas | 4/16/1951 | See Source »

"No, your honor, I don't work on Saturday," he said with unconvincing emphasis.

Author: By Robert E. Herzstein, | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 3/14/1951 | See Source »

It moves too fast to become boring. Mr. Kaufman's direction, Miss Stickney's performance and Donald Oenslager's sets are all helpful. But The Small Hours is not just unconvincing and overstuffed, with serial-story sentiment opposed to coldhearted sophistication. Far too often, it is flashy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Feb. 26, 1951 | 2/26/1951 | See Source »

Lewis dealt mostly in what one critic has called "the medium-priced emotions." He was unconsciously, gushingly funny when he wrote about love. His women were unconvincing, unpleasant or foolish. His one real hero was Dr. Martin Arrowsmith, a knight of the test tubes.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: SINCLAIR LEWIS: 1885-1951 | 1/22/1951 | See Source »

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