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But the man, Agatha finds, has changed; he is principally concerned with pleasing trustees and avoiding trouble. She has brought trouble along with her, in the shape of an anti-war propaganda film that the trustees refuse to have shown. Egged on by a cocky LIFE photographer (Sam Wanamaker) who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Nov. 29, 1948 | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

Bradford's campaign will be less pleasing to organized labor and the left wing in general. He stands mainly on his State House accomplishments, which include a $200,000,000 veterans housing program; efficient balancing of the state budget; no state tax on municipalities; juvenile delinquency aid; support of local...

Author: By John G. Simon, | Title: The Campaign V. Bradford vs. Dever | 10/30/1948 | See Source »

The entire hotel was bent on pleasing Winston Churchill. Tall, white-haired Lord Hacking, former chairman of the Conservative Party, no common man himself, found that out when he rang for the elevator. An immaculate figure in his perfectly cut dinner jacket, he stood by the elevator gate and watched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Light of Llandudno | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

There is hardly a shot in the picture which fails to make the point that a really resourceful director is telling a story with the care and skill it deserves. Scene by scene, and shot by shot, the picture is almost wholly credible and pleasing. It is curious that such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Oct. 18, 1948 | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

Like most midget men, Schindler does not agree that the crowd's lust for blood is the basis of the sport's popularity. In fact, attendance has been known to drop after a fatal accident. Critics of the sport have overlooked its obvious, uncomplicated charms. It is fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Discreetly Daring | 8/16/1948 | See Source »

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