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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...again, this time by a rabbi in a double-ring religious ceremony. At week's end Miller, having filed "further evidence of antiCommunism" with the State Department, got the passport for which he applied last May. State cautiously made it valid for only six months instead of the usual two-year period, but it freed Miller to wing to England this week with Mrs. Miller, who will forthwith step into the embrace of Sir Laurence Olivier in a new movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 16, 1956 | 7/16/1956 | See Source »

...usual, Onassis' scheme had a canny angle. In return for building the new tankers in the U.S., he wanted permission from the Government to transfer ten of his war-surplus tankers plus another vessel, most of them bought from the U.S., to foreign registry. Running under foreign regulations and paying low foreign wage rates automatically reduces operating costs by as much as 50%, and increases the value of each tanker by approximately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: Onassis' Sea Monster | 7/16/1956 | See Source »

...customer criticisms were having some effect. Three top bathing-suit makers-Cole of California, Jantzen, Rose Marie Reid-reported that some New York stores had agreed to carry a complete line of swim suits to Aug. I instead of closing out after July 4. On the Fourth, Bergdorf defied usual custom, boldly featured several window displays of bathing suits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: What Women Want | 7/16/1956 | See Source »

...matches will, as usual, be played on the Soldiers Field Courts, near the Harvard Stadium. There are stands surrounding the courts so that those who don't feel up to that much exercise may kibitz from the sidelines and observe the games finer points as the tournament nears the finals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Annual Tourney Begins Next Week | 7/12/1956 | See Source »

Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge, the Group 20 players' current offering at Wellesley, is a far cry from the usual light summer fare; it provides a gripping and cathartic evening of theatre. Although starting off innocently enough, the play soons builds into a searing and even excoriating medium...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: A View From the Bridge | 7/12/1956 | See Source »

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