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...those two points, the Secretary was adamant. No Senator tried very hard to shake him. He went back down the Hill. Behind him he left the impression that, if he did not get substantially what he had asked for, he would resign and go back to his pleasant colonial house in Leesburg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: All or Nothing | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

During the week, the President did a lot of bustling in & out. On Christmas Eve, before a chilled crowd of 10,000 Washingtonians, he appeared on the White House lawn for the traditional lighting of a community tree. Christmas afternoon, he trudged out to the White House garage to shake hands with all the chauffeurs. He drove to the Navy's Bethesda Hospital and the Army's Walter Reed Hospital to greet disabled veterans. He received a cocker spaniel pup named Feller, the first presidential dog at the White House since the Roosevelt Scottie, Fala...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: 6575 on Your Dial | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

That Red Soil. But lately Ed O'Neal has slowed down. At 72, his hands and his head shake with palsy. He has difficulty lighting his Dunhill pipe. Last week, at the Farm Bureau's 29th meeting in Chicago, Ed O'Neal finally stepped down from the $15,000-a-year office he had held since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: So Long, Ed | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

Unfortunately, Cocteau makes about a half-hour too much of a good thing-and few things pall like a dream that cannot be shaken off. Cocteau's moody retort to this criticism is that there's just no dream to shake off: "It's a realistic film in an unreal world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Good & French | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

Wilman worked calmly. He is what the trade calls a "spot bowler." Starting from the right of the alley, he takes four precise steps and fires for the one-three pocket. He once had one three-game score of 811. But this time he could not shake off Andy. The lead changed hands 14 times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: I'm a Man, Huh? | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

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