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...wonderful that it may be creating a strange new breed of U.S. expatriates. "I'd like to go back and live in the States," a musiu may sigh, thinking wistfully of the soft green hills of home. Then, more likely than not, his eyes harden a little and he adds: "But of course I couldn't face those taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: The Busy Bs | 9/21/1953 | See Source »

...seven-day absence, three large leather pouches, chained and padlocked, had arrived in Denver. Dozens of letters, written and typed up in Washington, awaited his approval and signature. The two-foot pile of "urgent" papers before him was higher than the length of the rainbow trout. With an audible sigh, Dwight Eisenhower settled down to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Down from the Mountains | 9/14/1953 | See Source »

...Army orientation films during World War II did he discover the real purpose of his craft. Says he: "I learn to write ... not just for concert but for screen, combine music with sound and dialogue. Sometimes you give a little help to film." But he adds with a sigh and a shrug: "Motionpicture composer not write music for eternity or for symphony orchestra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Theme Song | 9/14/1953 | See Source »

...heart-shaped face was teaching U.S. moviegoers last week a lesson they already knew and loved -i.e., that the life of a princess is not a happy one. Balcony bobby-soxers for years have shed pleasant tears at the plight of trapped royalty, and breathed a happy sigh of relief when at last the royal one escapes into a commoner's arms (Olivia de Havilland and a handsome pilot in 1943's Princess O'Rourke; Vera-Ellen and a tap-dancing reporter in 1953's Call Me Madam). As the princess in Paramount...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Princess Apparent | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

...York critics heartily agreed. Paramount Pictures and William Wyler, who had decided to keep their $2,200,000 production waiting for Audrey on the hunch that her play would not run a month, were obliged to twiddle their thumbs for half a year while audiences packed the Fulton to sigh and smile at the enchantingly gawky Gigi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Princess Apparent | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

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