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...another series of bonds. Rubinstein simply paid off on the defaulted series, which rose automatically in value. "I had the bonds," he explained later, "and I had the money. I just paid myself off." For this kind of bald larceny, Rubinstein got a newspaper reputation as a "boy wizard of international finance...
...waiter served lunch have been banished from the inner chambers. For intimate guidance, Mendès now relies on only three disciples-Jean Soutou, 43, and Claude Cheysson. 35, who are intelligent Quai d'Orsay types, and Simon Nora, 33, who is something of a financial wizard. Even emissaries specially summoned from as far away as Indo-China find themselves closeted with the young aides for lengthy interrogations, then see the well-briefed Premier himself for an hour or less...
...silver-bearded wizard outlines Frodo's task and quest. He must "find the Cracks of Doom in the depths of Orodruin, the Fire-mountain, and cast the Ring in there ... to put it beyond the grasp of the Enemy for ever...
...constitutional machinery has broken down . . . The Constituent Assembly has lost the confidence of the people and can no longer function . . . Elections will be held as early as possible." Meanwhile, Ali would remain in office with a "reconstituted" Cabinet, but real power would reside with the Governor General, a financial wizard of 59 named Ghulam Mohammad...
...Mathias Story (Allied Artists), in purely cinematic terms, is nothing more than a wagonload of newsreel clips hitched to a star. But that hardly matters, since track-and-field Wizard Bob Mathias (TIME, July 21, 1952) is a dazzling star to watch. He plays himself in this modest picture, which straightforwardly takes him from his high-school days in Tulare, Calif, to the 1948 Olympic Games in London, where, at 17, he surprised the world by winning the decathlon; then on to Stanford, where he played some first-class football; and finally to the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, where...