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The other half of the team, David Brinkley, 39, who has never lost all of his North Carolina drawl or his essentially mischievous disposition, provides the show's seasoning. Viewers have learned to rely on frequent injections of his subtle and astringent wit and to watch for the point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Evening Duet | 10/19/1959 | See Source »

Some of Congress' top Republicans, including Indiana's House Minority Leader Charles Halleck, advised Ike not to veto the pork-barrel bill, hog-fat as it was. It had passed the House by a voice vote and the Senate by a lopsided 82 to 9, and since it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Parting Salvos | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

Through the House Ways & Means Committee last week rode a bill to save the nation's $41 billion, 41,000-mile highway-building program from skidding to a halt. The committee, which ten times has vowed never to boost the federal gasoline tax, changed its mind; it approved a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Help for Highways | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

He has done it under almost impossible circumstances. He took over the leadership job after the worst Republican defeat since the sunflower campaign of Kansas' Alf Landon went to seed in 1936. Dwight Eisenhower, barred from seeking a third term, looked like lame-duck soup to the lopsided Democratic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Gut Fighter | 6/8/1959 | See Source »

The comedy done, the Senate finally-after a debate that took up some 65,000 words in the Congressional Record-got around to confirming Clare Luce as Ambassador to Brazil. The vote: a lopsided 79 (33 Republicans, 46 Democrats) to 11 (all Democrats*).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: The Compromised Mission | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

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