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...subject, for, at the age of 19, he lost his sight. The Good Light continues the fictionalized autobiography Bjarnhof began with his remarkable The Stars Grow Pale (TIME, April 28, 1958), taking his hero from boyhood into adolescence. The new book defies the law of sequels by being every whit as good as the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Children of Day | 1/18/1960 | See Source »

...lithe young figure of Errol Flynn. Suddenly the dark wall of foliage opens, and a hail of spears comes streaming through. Ambush! The native bearer next to Flynn falls dead with a spear through his belly, and Flynn is struck in the foot by a poisoned arrow. Not a whit dismayed, the hero leaps behind a tree, whips out his revolver and starts firing. With the first shot he brings down one of the nasty savages. The rest of them melt into the jungle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: 14,001 Nights | 1/4/1960 | See Source »

Epstein reacted to criticism like a maddened elephant, but never let the struggle affect his art. "The man in the street," he would say, thrusting out his low er lip like a rain spout, "is a fool. And I care not a whit for his opinions." Asked his opinion of other sculptors, the big man in the long-billed baseball cap would per mit himself a little twist . of a smile : "When I want to see a great sculptor, I have to look in the mirror." Critics and collectors often agreed with Epstein's self-appraisal, kept him comfort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Volcanic Knight | 8/31/1959 | See Source »

...barked through an eight-hour sitting before Arkansas' John McClellan's labor rackets committee, chewed out a torrent of words that filled almost 400 pages of transcript. When he was finally excused. Boss Hoffa walked out of the hearings no more damaged-and not a whit nearer to respectability-than when he first sat down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Last Go-Round | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

Gordie Moran, who has played some fullback this year, will start at right half for Yale today, while Whit Wagner and Phil Meyer make up the rest of the line...

Author: By James W. B. benkard, | Title: Crimson Soccer Team Favored In Final Game With Yale Today | 11/21/1958 | See Source »

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