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...Cult of the Gun." U Nu will argue Marxism with Communists over a pot of plain tea, but he will not let them undermine free Burma with a gun. As Prime Minister, he goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure that his people understand this, the difference he considers vital. "For 2,000 years." he cried, "we in Burma had the tradition that he who can kill a King becomes a King . . . The conflict is not between government and rebels, but a conflict between . . . the rights of the people and the cult of the gun." He tells his people: "Beware...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BURMA: The House on Stilts | 8/30/1954 | See Source »

...find the answers, President Eisenhower asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the entire industry both at home and abroad. FTC's conclusion: the trouble is the way coffee is marketed all along the line, from plantation to pot (TIME, Aug. 9). The No. 1 offender, said FTC in its 1,000-page report, was Brazil, the world's biggest coffee producer and biggest U.S. supplier, with exports last year of 8,970,439 bags (43% of the U.S. total) worth $628 million. In effect, FTC charged Brazil's coffee industry with manipulating the market through misleading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COFFEE PRICES: Can the Jumping Bean Be Tamed? | 8/30/1954 | See Source »

Then Pepper Martin and the Gas House Cardinals of 1931 whipped the Athletics in the World Series, and the fans deserted Connie Mack Stadium once more. After World War II there were a couple of good seasons; then everything went to pot. Connie today is too old (91) to help his team; his two sons, Roy and Earle, have neither the talent nor the money to keep the A's fighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Move from Philadelphia? | 8/16/1954 | See Source »

...Protestantism behind the Iron Curtain can at best continue for only one generation. At present, everything indicates that Romanization here and Sovietization there can hardly be opposed with a chance of success." If the state uses its authority to impose Christianity, says Niemöller, "Protestantism will go to pot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Words & Works | 7/26/1954 | See Source »

...more surprised, or pleased, by this than Manhattan's Richard Adler, 30, and Jerry Ross, 28, creators of Pajama Game's musical score and the U.S.'s hottest songwriting team. "This," they say with a verve that is not yet curdled by success, "is the pot o' gold." For Adler and Ross, the magical rainbow began to form about four years ago, when they met in a music publisher's office and decided to pool their talents. Adler's contributions: a childhood rebellion against formal music studies (his father is Pianist Clarence Adler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Show's the Thing | 7/19/1954 | See Source »

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