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They lived to hate one another and call each other names ("Smuts," said Malan, "is a renegade." "Malan," said Smuts, "is a fanatic"). Yet when Jannie died in 1949, Danie put his head in his hands and wept like a child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Of God & Hate | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

After her capture last week, she was allowed a few minutes with her husband: locked in his arms, Celia Pomeroy wept. Then she was taken to jail to await trial, like her husband. The woman who a few hours before had cried "I surrender," now fiercely declared: "The Huks and their leaders will never surrender...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Mr. & Mrs. | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

...right ankle gave way under the strain of his 200 Ibs. As he lay writhing in pain, his ankle, as if in mockery of all the wasted years and the blasted hopes, stuck out at a grotesque right angle. Outfielder Willie Mays, Irvin's roommate and admiring fan, wept openly at the sight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bad Break | 4/14/1952 | See Source »

...wept that he was ever born, And he had reasons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: ROBINSON SAMPLER | 2/11/1952 | See Source »

Harvard's John Hart far outclassed all cross-country competitors, winning the wept in 50 minutes, 11 seconds, with plenary Foote of Williams trailing four minutes behind. Crimson skiers Jim Lawson and Neil Dixon took fifth and sixth place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Skiers Place Second At Amherst Carnival | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

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