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...foreign policy, some Republicans want "to pull out of Korea, and to abandon Europe and to let the United Nations go to smash." Other Republicans want to begin dropping atomic bombs. The Democrats, on the other hand, are against Communism and in favor of peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Exit Smiling | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

...Didn't Mean It." Astounded, the company hurriedly ran apologetic full-page newspaper ads which read: "He didn't mean it; we didn't mean it." It promised to pull the bottle down if a majority wanted it down. But Denver's loyal bourbon drinkers rallied strongly. Others cheered for the bottle, too. Jeff Fuller, a businessman with offices in the Zook Building itself, said: "I think it's a pretty good sign. This country was raised on whisky. Anyone who can't stand to see a little whisky, there's something wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLORADO: Battle of the Bottle | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

...Christman: "Well, let me put it this way.Which of the group, when he was the one who came out with the mainpress or quazer for the veterans who were back-stern for the other group?" First Man: "Well, which was that? Which one had that much pull that he was able to do that? Eisenhower?" Christman: "He said that if the people will back me for the mainstrem of the adafist to grawmore rights of all veterans or civilians, then I'll stand behind it. I think it's grand to come out and make a statement like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Jaskpurt of Naustrent | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

...only to ride it but to help influence it. In the '30s, when Chamberlain was a young stalwart of the left wing, he was well aware of the force exerted on middle-of-the-roaders by the leftish press. "We are now trying," says Rightist Chamberlain, "to pull the middle-of-the-road back to the right." Thus far the Freeman's pull has been hard, but uneven. The magazine has pointed out why the Administration's weak foreign policy has failed more often than it has succeeded, has relentlessly fought Communism, and every form of statism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Pull to the Right | 3/31/1952 | See Source »

...much ("Drill, drill, a little more drill. Then drill, and lastly drill. Between drills we drill . . ."), and the discipline was generally not too severe. In battle, Billy proved his salt. He did not have the dash and gallantry of Author Wiley's Johnny Reb. but sometimes he could pull up his coat collar and walk into a hail of bullets "the same as I would go through a storm of hail and wind." He did not go looking for trouble. "The diferance between dyeing today and tomorrow is not much," wrote one boy, "but we all prefer tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: The Men Who Wore the Blue | 3/31/1952 | See Source »

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