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...that hundreds of Philippine schools are still in ruins made by the Japanese invaders, declined Grew's request. A few days earlier, Romulo had told a story to newsmen which threw a sharp light on his refusal. The incident, Romulo had explained, was one of his most vivid memories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REFLECTIONS: Vivid Memory | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

...Race begins entertainingly and remains vivid in spots. It gains from a sound production and, in particular, from Actress Field's winning performance. But even what is good about the play usually sets off memories of something better. If The Rat Race is a black mark against the callousness of Manhattan, it seems equally one against the opportunism of Broadway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Jan. 2, 1950 | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

Readily recognizable art played second fiddle at the Whitney, except for a couple of standout pictures. Jack Levine's Act of Legislature-a dull-looking chap in a toga stabbing a half-naked girl-was a vivid, if highly unpleasant, mixture of lust and righteous rage. At the Sea a Girl was a pompously titled new departure for Henry Koerner, one of the country's most promising young painters. With even more ambiguous symbolism than that which characterized his last exhibition (TIME, Feb. 21), Koerner had painted a girl hauled from the ocean while an uncurious crowd fished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Handful of Fire | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...people of Oxford, the buildings, and the surrounding woods are all made a vivid part of "Intruder in the Dust." Anyone who has ever lived for any time in a small Southern town should experience a tingle of recognition while watching the film. Mr. Brown's camera gives the best performance in the movie, but it has best material to work with...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/20/1949 | See Source »

...definitive work; the author makes no pretenses to such an object. But it is an interesting job in the man who one day this week will decide whether half a million coal miners have presents for their kids on Christmas. A man with that kind of power deserves a vivid biography, which is just what Mr. Alinsky has given...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: 'Something of a Man' | 11/29/1949 | See Source »

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