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...moments, most Dickens' fanciers recoiled from the sight of the Spirit-of-Christmas-Present (Ray Middleton) bursting into operetta-like arias. In Manhattan, no viewer had an excuse for missing Scrooge since an excellent 1951 British film, starring Alistair Sim, was shown 16 times during the week over WOR-TV. On Christmas Day, the film's eight sponsors graciously let it be shown three times without one interruption for commercials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 1/3/1955 | See Source »

...lion's wings have molted," cried London's Tory Daily Mail last week. "Our planes are out of date," complained the Liberal News Chronicle. Said the wor ried Manchester Guardian: "The gap in the air defenses of Britain is disturbingly evident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: More Prang for the Pound | 12/20/1954 | See Source »

...Hutterites so fertile? Their religious doctrine encourages large families, and they shun contraceptives. In the prosperous Hutterite communities, even the shiftless are cared for; no father wor ries about supporting nine or ten children or keeping up with the Joneses. Moreover, most Hutterites marry for keeps; since 1875 there has been only one Hutterite divorce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Fertile Farmers | 12/20/1954 | See Source »

Sloan Simpson Show (weekdays 9:05 p.m., station WOR) stars the ex-wife of New York's ex-Mayor Bill O'Dwyer. On a typical show, breathless, throaty-voiced ex-Model Sloan gave a brief review of the Walt Disney movie. The Living Desert ("Really most unusual"), interviewed two sponsors of Manhattan's Blue Cotillion Ball ("When most people think of balls they are apt to think they are selfish-but this one is for a most worthy cause"), and ended her 25-minute show with a plug for a midtown restaurant ("It's wonderful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The New Shows | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

...noticeable slackening in the number of customers coming into the stores. One store filled its window with a big placard: "These Ads Would Have Been in the Sunday Times." Many stores took to radio and TV to sell their wares. WCBS reported 17 new ad accounts, and WOR said that "our sales department is going frantic turning down money." All stations stepped up their news broadcasts as well as ads. NBC put sandwich men on the streets carrying signs: "Ask Me for the Latest News." When asked, the sandwich men tuned in portable radios to newscasts. NBC also stepped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: City Without Newspapers | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

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