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The TIME Essay [Aug. 10] tends to underestimate the tenacity of the Japanese by applying Occidental standards of defeat to the Oriental principles of war. Tarawa, with its six survivors of 4,000; Okinawa, with its kamikaze, bear true testimony to the prevalent fanaticism.
Sir: What a pity the Western culture is unlike the Oriental. The Chinese, who have for centuries held their elders in the highest esteem, have words regarding their aged: The house with an old grandparent harbors a jewel.
Much of the passion of those involved in minor marriages was expended on avoiding sexual relations with their spouses. One girl was so repelled that she fed her husband a potion made from pomegranate roots; it was said to have made him impotent. Then she proceeded to demonstrate her appetite...
Not all private dealers are as well housed as Salz. Newcomer Ben Heller, 44, a textile tycoon and a well-known collector in his own right, makes do with a nine-room co-op apartment on Manhattan's Central Park West. Heller is also a friend of artists. He...
Can't a father take his daughter on a cruise to Alaska without stirring up a fuss? Not if Daddy is Cory Grant. Outraged because the Peninsular and Oriental passenger steamship company released a picture of him and his four-year-old daughter Jennifer (his only child, by Actress...