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...Indo-China be held against Communism? In search of an answer, TIME'S Paris Bureau Chief Andre Laguerre spent six weeks in the troubled, war-torn country. His report...
...book reviewer's disclosure of the denouement of a mystery novel-whether it be called a detective story, a novel of suspense, or merely "an enigma"-has always been generally regarded as a cross between torn peepery and violation of a blindman's cup. Turning to the last page of any book requires no great critical acumen . . . Yet surprise is the mystery writer's stock in trade ... To rob him of this stock in trade by wholesale revelation in a review is not only unethical but actually damaging ... I am surprised, therefore, that TIME'S reviewer...
Craig, a cold-eyed fighter, but a kind and sensitive man, tried not to look at his torn kids. Finally he said, with sad pride: "I haven't heard one of the wounded cry. These marines have got more guts than I have. We'll take this piece of real estate, but the cost is going to be terrible...
Comes Jazz (Columbia) includes such favorites as Shim Me Sha Wabble, That Da-Da Strain and At the Jazz Band Ball, torn off with good Dixieland sound by such alumni of Chicago's North Side as Bud Freeman, Eddie Condon, Jack Teagarden and Pee Wee Russell...
Many of the old-fashioned mansions had been torn down, to make room for smaller seashore moderns. It was getting too difficult to put up a flock of visiting amateur stars. Moreover, there was the tournament's "wear & tear on the courts." All in all, Seabright decided, it was more fun to play tennis than to watch it, even when it was good...