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Word: reasons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...important news about the Rockefeller campaign, as the could-be candidate moved from private conference to pressagent ceremonial to public speech, is that he is hammering together perhaps the most complete individual platform of any candidate in sight. One reason: Rockefeller's big advantage over Nixon is that, standing outside the Eisenhower Administration and the Federal Government, he can speak out more freely on national issues than Insider Nixon can. Fundamental in Rockefeller's strategy is a decision to push that advantage hard. Rockefeller on the issues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Rocky & the Issues | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

...speed in the primaries, it must be rolling merrily for the nation's first primary in New Hampshire twelve weeks hence. But while the bandwagon, floats, trapeze artists and bands formed up impatiently. New Hampshire's chief elephant driver, Republican Governor Wesley Powell, sulked in his tent. Reason: Powell had the offer of an honorary chairmanship of the Nixon campaign, and he wanted to be full chairman, with control of plans and funds. Last week, mindful of serious clankings in the one-ring New Hampshire tent of Nelson Rockefeller, the state's Nixon forces gave in, gave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Out of the Tent | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

...Koreans, would like to be rid of them. South Korea's strong-minded President Syngman Rhee, who once underwent torture at Japanese behest and has no love for them either, has all along insisted that Japan must pay him compensation for taking the Koreans in. One big reason: he already has more manpower than he can find jobs for. In contrast, Kim II Sung's devastated and manpower hungry Communist North Korea is eager to take in all the Koreans it can find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: No Place Like Home | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

...endlessly bent on civic and personal improvement, whether it was founding a library or starting a fire department. The doctrine of human perfectibility to which he subscribed was not yet the easy evolutionary faith of the 19th century but an everlasting challenge to be met with hard work, sound reason and unswerving virtue. In the end, he accepted fate with the engaging humility of his self-written epitaph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: American Sage | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

TYPEWRITER IMPORT BAN is sought by U.S. typewriter manufacturers. The Tariff Commission will investigate a petition from Smith-Corona Marchant and Royal McBee asking for a duty of 30% ad valorem per foreign machine, with a minimum fee of $10. Main reason: imports account for a disproportionate 30% of the U.S. market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Dec. 21, 1959 | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

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