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When he wants to get a scholarship he calmly tampers with his marks; when he wants to get into a society ball he calmly lifts an invitation from a pile he is addressing; when he wants to make money he starts a whole series of speculative enterprises; when he wants to be elected mayor he procures the greatest soccer player in England for the town team...

Author: By John R. W. smail, | Title: The Promoter | 11/13/1952 | See Source »

...what he had left-the 64 hard workers. They were almost all employees of large national corporations. Said Talbott: "They worked from 69 hours a week to as high as 112, and I mean all work." Most were in the office by 8, left at 6:30 with a pile of homework; when they went out to dinner (an average of three times a week), it was always on business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: How to Be Happy | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

...Cindy Lou is now Louise, whom Larry brought back from France after World War I. They already have a son and two daughters who could quite easily touch off a sequel. The fresh scene has already been set: oil is struck on Cindy Lou, and the old gothic pile itself has been turned into the Clyde Batchelor Community Center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Something for the Trade | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

Royce Fillipin, the highly touted and equally high scoring Orange and Black tallback, lived up to his mountainous pile of press clippings, scoring four touchdowns and passing for another, as the Tigers successfully renewed an old football rivalry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tigers Take Freshmen 48-7; Fillipin Grabs 4 Touchdowns | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

...rest of the Senate races will be affected, in varying degree, by the margins Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson pile up in the various states...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Fight for the Senate | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

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