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...Mississippi Gambler (Universal-International). As he cruises along the Mississippi on a pre-Civil War gambling boat, Tyrone Power, a dashing but honest adventurer, has all sorts of remarkable experiences. He encounters a ravishing redhead (Piper Laurie), whom he affectionately calls "pepper pot," but she declines to have anything to do with him because her weakling brother (John Baer) lost an old family heirloom to him during a game of chance. Just to complicate matters more, Piper's brother is hopelessly smitten with brunette Julia Adams, who, in turn, is infatuated with Power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 9, 1953 | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

...Jefferson City, Mo., a woman admonished Truman in crisp, motherly tones: "Put your hat on. We don't want you to catch cold." But the reception Harry Truman was eagerly looking forward to was the one at Independence. Said he: "I guess they'll put the big pot inside the little pot and break both of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Plain Mr. Truman | 2/2/1953 | See Source »

Despite its numerous personnel and extensive facilities, Hygiene still has big problems. Like a growing boy bursting through the seat of too-tight trousers, Hygiene must get some new clothes to function adequately. Stillman Infirmary is ancient, outmoded and inconvenient. The Hygiene building itself is bulging with a pot-pourri of clinics, laboratories, and offices that crowd in on each other with abandon...

Author: By Malcolm D. Rivkin, | Title: Hygiene Cures Ills and Has Its Own | 1/8/1953 | See Source »

Some chance of laying to the pot a claim...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oldest Editor Recalls Origin Of Traditional Poker Game | 1/8/1953 | See Source »

...light flashing ahead. Daylight revealed a brown fishing beach between two weathered, grey cliffs. Bombard had reached Stroud's Bay in the British West Indian island of Barbados. Within a few hours, he sat down to a hearty landsman's meal of grapefruit, bacon & eggs, bread, a pot of jam, coffee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEST INDIES: The Young Man & the Sea | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

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