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...comprehensible religious and political issues into a series of dogfights among irregular bands of mercenaries. Troops move about the country without pattern, leaving one hamlet in flames as they stalk out to feed on the next. It is the captain of such a rogues' company before whom Vogel, the author's protagonist, is dragged. With nothing more at stake than a life grown intolerable, Vogel speaks glibly. Instead of looting and marching on, he suggests, why should not the soldiers quarter themselves in the isolated village for the winter? Surely there are no battles worth joining for troops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Parable of War | 2/1/1960 | See Source »

...Radcliffe seniors were elected to the Radcliffe chapter of Phi Beta Kappa: Rowena M. Green, of Madison, Wisc., a concentrator in Biology; Gall W. Lapidus, of Brooklyn, N.Y., Government; Anne G. Tanner, of Baton Rouge, La., Social Relation; Barbara L. Talamo, of Washington, D.C., Biochemistry; Lise A. Vogel, of New York City, Mathematics; and Phyllis Williamson, of Providence, R.I., History and Literature...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Phi Beta Kappa | 11/27/1959 | See Source »

When director Daniel Mann works with experienced actors, such as Muni and Luther Adler (Abelman's closest friend, Dr. Max Vogel) his touch is sure and often imaginative; but the rest of the cast seems unable to carry out his suggestions. The worst of the group is Betsy Palmer (Woody Thrasher's wife) who is about as inspired as a deep sea diver in the Charles River...

Author: By Paul S. Cowan, | Title: The Last Angry Man | 10/30/1959 | See Source »

PEACE AT LOEWS seems assured by purchase of 235,000 Loew's shares by a group led by Nathan Cummings, chairman of Consolidated Foods Corp. Cummings, a friend of management, strengthened Loew's President Joseph Vogel, threatened with a proxy fight by stockholders opposing his plan to sell Loew's theaters, build up M-G-M as a moviemaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Jan. 12, 1959 | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

...will take harried President Vogel more than a friendly board to put Loew's tangled affairs back in order. Despite many economies, he admitted that Loew's last quarter, ending Aug. 31, "was very bad." Wall Street buzzes that the company had to borrow $5,000,000 recently to meet payrolls, that its moviemaking operations are losing $1,000,000 a month, and that Loew's may be forced to pass its usual 25? cash dividend this quarter. Said Millionaire Tomlinson, who sees his $5,000,000 investment in Loew's growing slimmer and slimmer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: Loew's Woes | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

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