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...blazing away for Kennedy. He is one of the few pundits who have made a personal declaration in print: Kennedy, wrote Lippmann, would "make much the better President.'' To Lippmann, it "has been truly impressive to see the precision of Mr. Kennedy's mind, his singular lack of demagoguery and sloganeering, the stability and steadfastness of his nerves, his coolness and his courage -the recognizable marks of a man who, besides being highly trained, is a natural leader." By contrast, Nixon is "an indecisive man who lacks that inner conviction and self-confidence which are the marks...
Three years ago, Williams observed, Watkins Committee issued a report standards and procedures for committees. Although this has received widespread support people interested in the rights of individual, he declared, the committee have ignored it with singular faithfulness...
...growing oil-and-beef city of Artesia, N. Mex., where the temperature sometimes hits 100° in October, citizens have long become used to windowless schools. It helps air conditioning, and the children approve. But last week Artesia* announced an even more singular design. Except for the flagpole, Abo Elementary school will be entirely underground-apparently the first such nuclear-age school in the U.S. Says Architect Frank Standhardt: "I consider my profession derelict on civil defense. We've had ten years of grace and done nothing about...
Love That Lucky. Lasker responded with singular skill to the fierce competition of advertising. When the J. Walter Thompson Agency recommended Woodbury's soap for "The Skin You Love to Touch," Lasker fired back, on Palmolive's behalf, with "That School Girl Complexion." Working in double harness with the eccentric George Washington Hill, president of American Tobacco, Lasker converted Lucky Strikes from a chewing tobacco into the nation's leading cigarette. Cannily observing that women might be persuaded that smoking was not only decent but glamorous, Lasker assaulted the feminine market with a series of glowing testimonials...
Ford, which under Henry II's grandfather spent a lot of time and money trying to foist Ford's singular economic and political views on employees and the general public, has become a leader among U.S. industries in its nonpartisan efforts to stir more interest in politics. Its Civic and Governmental Affairs Office, set up in 1950, was one of the first of a series of political-education programs established by such firms as General Electric, American Can Co., Aerojet-General and Gulf Oil. The company not only urges its workers and executives to run for public office...