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...girl seemed to be resisting, and as she turned her head away from her escort, Rocko heard her speak: "Oh don't, Hubert. Please, Hubert. Don't ruin it." Rocko noticed that the boy wore ratty clothes, and his trousers were too short. His socks were disappearing into his torn sneakers...

Author: By David Royce, | Title: The Big Game: Some Faces In the Crowd | 11/23/1956 | See Source »

...reduce the dangerous speed of descent, they jettisoned batteries, oxygen apparatus, everything in the gondola that could be torn loose. They were drifting over the sandhill cattle country of northwest Nebraska, and little by little the descent of the balloon decreased to a safer rate. As the gondola approached the ground, the crew detached the gasbag, which soared off on the wind. The gondola dropped the few remaining feet, its fall cushioned by a plastic shock absorber, and the two men from Mars stepped out. Almost at once a light airplane piloted by Don Higgins of Ainsworth, Neb. landed beside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The 14-Mile Drop | 11/19/1956 | See Source »

...student leader in the recent Hungarian revolution will give an eyewitness account of the present situation in that war-torn nation tomorrow night at 8 p.m. in New Lecture Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rebel From Hungary To Speak Tomorrow | 11/14/1956 | See Source »

...Canada, torn by its historic loyalty to Britain, and its utter ignorance of just what Britain was doing, decided not to condemn Britain and France publicly. But it was miffed by having been kept in the dark by Eden. Not until two days after Israel's invasion did Canada suspend a scheduled delivery of 24 Sabre jets to Israel. External Affairs Chief Lester Pearson called the Anglo-French decision to intervene in Egypt "a most unhappy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Anger & Dismay | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

Blessed Weapons. Mindszenty's rescuers whisked him to a nearby military barracks, where everyone broke out wine to celebrate his release. Early the next morning three armored vehicles escorted the cardinal over the battle-torn road to Budapest. In towns and villages along the way, people threw flowers before his car. The new Nagy government declared that the cardinal's trial and imprisonment had been entirely illegal, that his ecclesiastical rights as Primate of Hungary were restored. Before a cheering crowd at his palace, Mindszenty appeared, a small Hungarian tricolor pinned to his cassock. His ordeal had left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Cardinals | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

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