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...like Swanee. A standing ovation for Old Man River. She sits down, her legs dangling over the edge of the stage for The Man That Got Away. "No more that oldtime thrill," she trills with her terrible intensity, "for I've been through the mill. . ." Many in the audience weep. Some grope down the center aisle to the stage. She leans over and kisses a proffered hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Singers: Seance at the Palace | 8/18/1967 | See Source »

...Testament are considerably more vivid in their portrayal of the hereafter. In Revelation, heaven is described as a city of "pure gold" whose walls are "adorned with every jewel," and hell is called "the lake that burns with fire and brimstone"; in hell, according to Matthew, sinners "will weep and gnash their teeth." Though scholars regard such descriptions as being primarily imagery, Christianity at one time accepted them as literally true. In the Middle Ages, Dante confidently limned a topography of the beyond that seemed as convincingly detailed as a map of Italy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eschatology: New Views of Heaven & Hell | 5/19/1967 | See Source »

...STAGE 67 (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). James Mason in John Le Carre's "Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn," a tale of an ingenious escape from East Germany. Repeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Apr. 28, 1967 | 4/28/1967 | See Source »

...Larry Gage obscurs what should be clear. Gage didn't encourage the rebel to rave and weep and spew out his god-damns. Richard Silberg never wallowed in some old lady's death, never whined about his life. Too much taste was his problem...

Author: By Joel Demott, | Title: Look Back in Anger | 4/22/1967 | See Source »

...that can wealth us, so as to aid me in the education sphere. May I add that I have got no elder brother to support me and my father is lame. So this incident combined with chronical poverty imposes upon me an overwhelming barrier which goads me tremendously to weep to you for the first help...

Author: By Thomas B. Reston, | Title: "I Weep to You for the First Help": African Youth Apply to American Colleges | 3/18/1967 | See Source »

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