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Sicily to Munich. Between the war dance and the Broadway parade, the Thunderbirds followed a long and bloody trail of soldiering around the world. In World War II the 45th was a crack assault division. In eight campaigns, from Sicily to Munich, it made four landings (Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Proud Men | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

At 70, Ed Johnson is still healthy and hardworking. He sounded wistful about quitting the Senate, but Fern Johnson, squeezing his hand, was "just wild with joy." Republicans were delighted, too. Johnson's Senate seat, previously a Democratic cinch, is now open to capture.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Gesture for Fern | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

¶ Best actress: Audrey Hepburn, for her wistful princess in Roman Holiday.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Oscars | 4/5/1954 | See Source »

The latest songstress to climb to Manhattan's nightclub big time is a comely, 22-year-old blonde named Marti Stevens. Last week, in the crowded and fashionable Maisonette of the Hotel St. Regis, she was pouring out some of the best mood-spinning that has hit the nightclub...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Born to Show Business | 3/8/1954 | See Source »

String Quartet No. 1, by the University of Southern California's Leon Kirchner, 34, is both attractive to the ear in its warmth and strength and stimulating in its complexity. Its closest musical relative is Bartok, but its fading repetitions, its wistful interludes and its snarling climaxes are thoroughly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Feb. 22, 1954 | 2/22/1954 | See Source »

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