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Although last July France promised that some day it would grant Indo-China "independence," it apparently spoke with tongue-in-cheek. For the recent Viet-Namese resolution which declared that Indo-China wanted complete freedom at the end of the war aroused quick opposition in Paris. The same French government which had just accepted $385,000,000 in U.S. aid to "break up and destroy the regular enemy forces in Indo-China" immediately sought, in indignation, a quick exit from the fight by threatening to withdraw if the Viet-Namese continued to seek independence instead of throwing their entire strength...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Promised Independence | 11/24/1953 | See Source »

...wins. ¶ King of the Khyber Rifles (20th Century-Fox), also in CinemaScope, stars Tyrone Power in India, has been called an "eastern western." ¶ Garden of Evil (20th Century-Fox), with Gary Cooper in CinemaScope, is "a western in Mexico." ¶ Red Garters (Paramount) is a tongue-in-cheek musical western using abstract settings. The villain wears black and rides a black horse; the hero and his horse are both in white. ¶ Johnny Guitar (Republic) stars Joan Crawford as a sort of female Shane who shoots it out with Two-Gun Mercedes McCambridge. A lesser character, Scott Brady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Crowded Prairie | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

HARVARD--10, Lewis (HB); 12, White (HB); 14, Oehmler (HB); 15, Fyock (HB); 16, Cheek (HB); 21, Conzelman (QB); 23, Michelsen (QB); 30, Volmer (FB); 31, Messer (FB); Reynolds (FB); 33, MacDonald (FB); 41, Lowenstein (HB); 42, Murphy (HB); 43, Hoffmann (HB); 44, Crosby (HB); 50, Meyer (C); 51, Culbert (C); 52, Coon (C); 63, MacDowell (G); 65, Anthony G; 66, Caimi (G); 68, D. Wober (G); 69, Templeton (G); 71, Koch (RT); 72, Rosenthal (T); 73, Tice (LT); 74, Fremont-Smith (LT); 76, Pfahl (T); 77, Maher (RT); 79, Volkert (RT); 80, Cochran (LE); 81, Popell (RE); 82, Yoffe...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Strong Harvard Eleven Meets Favored Yale In Seventieth Anniversary of Series Today | 11/21/1953 | See Source »

...back through Abilene, in front of St. Andrew's Church, Ike suddenly ordered his chauffeur to stop the car when a woman broke through the crowd and dashed into the street. The President greeted her with a warm kiss on the cheek and announced that she was Mrs. Gladys Brooks, his high-school sweetheart. On the way back to Salina, Ike halted the motorcade once more at a drive-in melon market. He enthusiastically accepted a dripping slice of cantaloupe from the flabbergasted proprietors, bought two watermelons to take along with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Hello, Everybody! | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

...advertised that he had to sell 131 cars in 48 hours. The inference was that he would make a good deal, and customers nocked to his showrooms. Without benefit of discounts or special deals, McKay easily sold the cars. In Denver, Ford Dealer Richard Whitfield ran a tongue-in-cheek ad:"Bring your old car, horse, cow, goat or chickens. We'll trade for anything." To Whitfield's surprise, some brought horses, sheep and chinchillas, and 35 cars were sold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Too Many Cars? | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

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