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William Beyer, 98, an Inver Grove Heights retiree, has his own solution to the electoral circus. "Let Coleman and [Franken] take a nice gold coin and flip it in the air," he says. "I don't know why they are monkeying around. They're never going to find out all the correct ballots." That may seem like an absurd idea. But in fact, Minnesota law provides that the state could resort to a coin flip if both candidates are tied. That happened in a 2008 race for mayor of Goodridge, a northern town here with a population of 98, after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coleman and Franken Still Battle, As Minnesota Gripes | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

Though WQXR has never subscribed to the NAB code, it is a member in good standing-and the only major one accepting whisky ads. About 80 nonmembers, mostly small stations, have carried commercials for Publicker Industries (Old Hickory, Inver House) since Publicker in 1961 decided to crack the silence barrier. The commercials are usually low-key, aired only at night and never on Sunday. Protests from listeners have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: Moving the Spirits | 3/27/1964 | See Source »

...deputy chief to Ike Eisenhower's P.W. branch in 1944, Jackson worked his staff around the clock in London's Inver-esk House on the touchiest campaign of the war: rousing the conquered peoples of Europe, by radio and leaflet, to active support for Dday. As D-day grew closer, they warned of bombings to come, urged the French into effective disobedience of German orders. Finally they sent the organized French underground after important specific targets like bridges and railroad switches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Needle | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

...complete program follows: "Inver-cargill," by A. P. Lithgow; Dartmouth Medley, by Leroy Anderson '29; "American Patrol," by F. W. Meacham; "Tercentenaria," by Anderson; "Knights-bridge March," by Cedric Coates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ivy Tunes to Play Second Fiddle as Works By Milhand, Prokofieff Top Band Concert | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

...Crack British Career Diplomat, Lord Inver-chapel (formerly Sir Archibald Clark Kerr), succeeds to the U.S. ambassadorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Good Man | 4/29/1946 | See Source »

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