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I am of the firm conviction that many Americans, like myself, look upon the sedate mansion at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. with a kind of reverence, mingled with awe and deep respect. The thought of 30,000 gibbering egg-rollers (TIME, April 13) sloshing over mashed eggs, gooey marshmallows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 4, 1953 | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

Contented Trader. The 1953 version of the White Sox is Richards' idea of what a ball club should be: hustling, bustling and fiery. It lacks heavyweight hitting, but will try to make up for it by defensive skill, tight pitching, and speed on the base paths. Richards was more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Chicago Idea | 4/13/1953 | See Source »

Curtice, now 59 and sure to be Wilson's successor, has been with G.M. all his business life. Born in Eaton Rapids, Mich., he graduated from Ferris Business College at Big Rapids in 1914 and hustled to Flint to start in as a bookkeeper for G.M.'s AC...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: G.M.'s New Boss | 12/1/1952 | See Source »

"Step right up, folks," the barkers were calling. "Hurree, hurree, hurree!" The Ferris wheel was turning, the roller coaster swooped down its artificial abysses, and the piccalilli was waiting to be judged. But the most up-to-date attraction at the Illinois State Fair last week was a good-looking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Fighting Quaker | 8/25/1952 | See Source »

The setting for this is France in the days of the Fronde--1648--when a group of Parisians were trying to divest the Queen-mother and her ten year old son, Louis XIV, of power. In a thoroughgoing revision of history, the original Musketeers' children save the Queen from her...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At Sword's Point | 2/26/1952 | See Source »

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