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...stared at danger in a new form: the muzzle of a pistol. Poking the weapon at him in the lobby of Havana's Hotel Lincoln was a tall young man in a leather jacket. "Fangio, you must come with me," he ordered. "I am a member of the 26th of July revolutionary movement." One of Fangio's friends picked up a paperweight and cocked his arm. The pistol moved alertly. "Stay still!" its owner said. "If you move, I'll shoot." Fangio went obediently to a waiting car and was whisked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Death on the Malec | 3/10/1958 | See Source »

...stood for order as well as for liberty." Now the needs of the hour summoned Theodore Roosevelt back from a mountain-climbing trip with the urgency of the wire from McKinley's bedside: COME AT ONCE. .That day at Buffalo. Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office as 26th President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: The Turning Point | 3/3/1958 | See Source »

Only three of the varsity wrestling team's ten entrants could advance beyond the first round in the 26th annual Wilkes Open Wrestling Tournament at Wilkes-Barre during the vacation, but these three combined to place the Crimson ninth among the 54 colleges represented...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Place Ninth In Vacation Tourney; Foster Takes Fourth | 1/6/1958 | See Source »

...hymn of their choice. From the highest building in Salt Lake City, Christmas carols boom across the Salt Lake Valley. "I don't want to sound like Scrooge," complained an irate woman, "but damn it, I don't want to go without sleep until December 26th, either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Singing Land | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

...liturgy of Madison Avenue, one of the sacred canons is that admen must sincerely believe in and use, at least in public, the products they plug. To avoid any heresy among his agency's 530 toilers, President Arthur Fatt of Grey Advertising Agency (26th ranking, with 1956 billings of $35 million) recently reminded them in a memo that Grey's "clients and their products" are "to be boosted round the clock, wherever we are, whatever we do." In case they missed the point, Fatt thoughtfully attached a checkoff shopping list of his clients' products, including Kolynos toothpaste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Wherever We Are | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

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