The actions took place in Washington, in Arkansas and in Virginia, but they pulsated across the U.S.--and across the world--as the school-integration problem once again moved into the spotlight. In the spotlight, too, were the school-integration drama's leading characters, two of them subjects of recent TIME covers. Appearing as petitioner before the Supreme Court on behalf of the Negro schoolchildren was the N.A.A.C.P.'s Thurgood Marshall (TIME, Sept. 19, 1955), presenting his argument for resuming integration in Little Rock in almost hushed tones. In Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus (TIME, Sept. 23, 1957), cloaked in the power and authority of his recent nomination and assured election to a third term, got from his loyal legislature the power to continue segregation. For stories on the historic clash of men and ideas, see NATIONAL AFFAIRS, At the Crossroads, Three Virginia Cities, and Going His Way.

It's a long way from the neighborhood bar in which that unforgettable movie character, Marty, spent aimless evenings with his cronies ("So whaddayawanna do tonight?") to the London pub where T. S. Eliot's Wastelanders waited for the relentless closing hour ("Hurry up, please, it's time!"). But both the gifted actor who played Marty and the great poet-playwright who created The Waste Land are part of show business, and both made news last week. So did their wives. In the case of the newly divorced Ernest Borgnines, it was a matter of an old Hollywood story; in the case of the almost newlywed T. S. Eliots, it was a matter of brand-new play. For both stories, see SHOW BUSINESS, Marty in Hollywood and Love & Mr. Eliot.

THREE years ago TIME published a cover story on New York City's old and colorful political machine, Tammany Hall, in which Tammany Boss Carmine De Sapio appeared as one of the smartest political pros in the city's history. TIME's evaluation of De Sapio in that story (TIME, Aug. 22, 1955) got considerable documentation last week at the New York State Democratic convention in Buffalo, where De Sapio clearly came out on top as the new strongman of his party--not merely in New York City, but in New York State. Even more significantly, in the five-day catfight he came out the conqueror of Governor Averell Harriman (TIME, Nov. 14, 1955). At the same time, New York Republicans held a two-day love feast, nominated Nelson A. Rockefeller for Governor, and got set for an election rivaled in national interest only by the fight for California's governorship. For the stories, see NATIONAL AFFAIRS, Rocky in Rochester and The Buffalo Brawl.

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