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May I congratulate Picasso (via TIME, June 1) upon his rather pleasing canvas, which shows us in so simple and direct a manner . . . the true meaning of "peace" under Communism [see cut]?

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 13, 1953 | 7/13/1953 | See Source »

Not long ago. Beatriz and her husband. Lawyer Carlos Giron. were relaxing in a Paris nightclub when an enterprising photographer caught them gazing at one of the performers (see cut). While papa Aleman was off touring the Iron Curtain countries (see below), the picture reached Editor Pages. Unlike most Mexican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Don Quixote & Venus | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

The Byrd Mass was followed by two suites for strings and continue, one by the 17th century English composer John Jenkins and the other by Francois Couperin. The pleasing, simply-constructed movements of the Jenkins were given a graceful rendition by Anne Gombosi, violin; August Wenzinger, a visiting lecturer from...

Author: By Alexander Gelley, | Title: Music Club | 5/6/1953 | See Source »

No secret matter of state was ever so pleasing to Winston Spencer Churchill as the secret he kept to himself all last week. The secret: he was about to be knighted. The Prime Minister told no one about it, but observers of the Churchillian character should have taken warning of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Sir Winston & the Dragons | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

Of two situations, as Johnson said, that will always have the disadvantage which we have already tried. For we have actually felt its liabilities at first hand, while, in imagining prospects we have not yet been forced to live through, the disadvantages are less vividly felt, and we fix our...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TUTORIAL DEFENDED | 4/22/1953 | See Source »

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