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Dates: during 1950-1959
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A GREAT part of modern life is lived by artificial light, and yet no major painter has devoted himself to this glittering and multi-hued area until now. This week Manhattan's Babcock Galleries put on show the work of Chicago's Richard Florsheim, the first artist to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: OUT OF THE NIGHT | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

Happily married, and with an art teaching job to make ends meet, Florsheim still felt and painted misery. His black works found few buyers; he did not mind. "You wouldn't expect someone two years out of college to be made president of General Motors, because you know he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: OUT OF THE NIGHT | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

Stillness at Appomattox. In Memphis, Lawyer Robert E. Lee refused to defend Ulysses S. Grant, who was charged with public drunkenness, then explained: "What would people say if I lost the case?"

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 23, 1959 | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

When Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell promised last April to eat his hat on the steps of the Labor Department if unemployment did not drop below 3,000,000 in October, he thought he was making a sure bet. But last week the Labor Department announced that although employment was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Let Them Eat Cake | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

What touched off the fight was some behind-the-scenes maneuvering by Alleghany's Executive Vice President David Wallace, 35, who also acts as trustee to Bob Young's estate and adviser to his widow. Wallace had advised Mrs. Young to support any future Sonnabend bid for control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: War for Allegheny? | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

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