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...control promised to be precarious at best. "The new government will be balanced on a razor's edge," said the Irish Times. But for the moment his triumph was secure. When the new Taoiseach left the Parliament to get his seal of office from Ireland's President O'Kelly, it took 20 of Dublin's finest to hold back the cheering crowds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRELAND: He's In! | 6/25/1951 | See Source »

...Curtains. The fighters command big-league prices. An untried young cock can be bought for as little as $50. But once his training muffs (chamois coverings to protect his spurs) have been removed and replaced by lethally pointed steel "gaffs" and razor-edged "slashers" the price rises fast. There are few Joe Louises in the cocking main, where a k.o. means curtains for the loser, and birds who survive five or more fights can bring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mean Kind of Sport | 4/30/1951 | See Source »

...failures: Frankie cannot go away with her brother and sister-in-law, Honey cannot achieve self-respect by refusing to say "sir" to Frankie's father. Later, both attempt more violent solutions on the same night: Frankie by running away, Honey by slashing a man in a razor fight...

Author: By John R. W. small, | Title: The Playgoer | 3/30/1951 | See Source »

...Yale's razor-sharp freshman basketball team ran all around the Yardling quintet Saturday to rack up an effortless 65 to 47 win. Demcak hooked in 22 points. HARVARD (47) G F P Condon, g 1 0 2 Dennis (C), g 9 9 27 Blodnick, c 1 1 3 Culver 1 0 2 Gremp, f 1 0 2 Parente 2 0 4 Krinsky, f 2 0 4 Steiner 0 3 3 Totals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Basketball Team Loses to Blue | 3/12/1951 | See Source »

...district attorney, and pits him against a gang of racketeers inspired by Murder, Inc. The picture opens with a lecture by Tennessee's Estes Kefauver, head of the Senate's crime investigators. What follows is no social document, but a gory round of killings by ice pick, razor, butcher knife, pistol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 12, 1951 | 2/12/1951 | See Source »

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