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"A Public Stench." Nieman, a veteran newsman, had bought the newborn Journal in 1882, when it was barely 22 days old (the Journal considers Nieman its "founder"). Nieman was disgusted with the timidity of the city's half-dozen dailies, which he thought were more interested in pleasing businessmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Fair Lady of Milwaukee | 2/1/1954 | See Source »

Douglas bought the paintings not for himself but to embellish the new Tucson headquarters of the Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Co., of which he is chairman of the board of directors. For the same purpose, he has also picked up two small bronzes by Charles Russell and one by Frederic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art for the Bank | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

She was a slender girl of 18 when she first walked onto the stage of Oslo's National Theater to make her operatic debut in d'Albert's Tiefland. She had only a small voice, but critics agreed that its quality was pleasing and that she was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Songs of Goodby | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

Pleasing as a young Frenchman, Felicity gave herseslf away with her shocked reaction to the singing of bawdy songs after the meal.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oxford Banishes Felicity | 12/3/1953 | See Source »

Which of the new projection systems will win out-3-D, CinemaScope, Cinerama or some new system? Most of the theater owners thought that no one system will dominate the field, but that theaters will be equipped to handle a variety of projection methods depending on the film. Harvey Fleischman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHOW BUSINESS: 4-D | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

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