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...retaliate, and just as sure as day follows night, that retaliation would take place. And as of now the Soviet Union would be destroyed." Gruenther pointed once more to the Soviet Union. "It is certainly a factor that people here must take into consideration before they would press the button to send those rockets ... No nation is going to press that button if it means suicide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: As Day Follows Night | 11/26/1956 | See Source »

Assembly-line women, conveyor-belt men Settle down in push-button homes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Nov. 26, 1956 | 11/26/1956 | See Source »

...conducting a study in 'reflex motivation,'" he said, and crossing his legs assumed his best professional look. "You know that people all over the country have gone Ivy--Oxford grey, back straps, and button-downs and so forth--and we want to find out what the Ivy League is going to do about...

Author: By Frank R. Safford, | Title: The New Shoe | 11/20/1956 | See Source »

...indicated that it would probably be a button-down...

Author: By Frank R. Safford, | Title: The New Shoe | 11/20/1956 | See Source »

Markup. In Seattle, Truck Driver James E. Lumpe was sentenced to 20 days for disorderly conduct after he swiped a $1 campaign button at Stevenson headquarters, tried to peddle it for $2 at Eisenhower headquarters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 12, 1956 | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

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