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Republicans were quick to say that he was just a funny man. But he also discussed the dry issues of the party platforms, sometimes dryly; and he also frequently spoke with eloquence rarely heard in a political campaign: "We have become guardians of a civilization built in pain, in anguish and in heroic hope ... If we creak, the world will groan. If we slip, the world will fall. But if we use our right of initiative and of decision without bombast or bluster, if we use it with clear heads and steady nerves, we shall rise in strength and grow...
...train again pulled out before Ike could speak, then halted some distance off, where Ike and Mamie began to sign autographs. As the train started up for the second time, Ike caught Mamie in the act of handing a pen down to an autograph-seeker and cried out in anguish: "No, no, Mamie. That...
Sued for Divorce. By Donald W. Douglas, 60, pioneer plane builder and president of the Douglas Aircraft Co.: Charlotte Ogg Douglas, 60, who, he charged, had caused him grievous mental suffering, extreme nervousness, mental anguish, embarrassment and humiliation; after 36 years of marriage, five children; in Los Angeles...
Loyalties. A serious politician like Fine may hesitate long over decisions and make them finally in great anguish. It is unlikely, however, that Fine is suffering as much over his Taft-Ike decision as he did over one that faced him in 1930. Fine is still stirred by the memory. The story throws some light on the ethics and values of politics as played by John Fine...
...take cover, brother . . . when you misplace a cherished possession of 20-odd thousand fight-at-the-drop-of-a-hat citizens of Bartlesville, Okla. When those citizens read in TIME, April 7 Sport section that the Phillips Oilers were from Denver, Colo., the air was rent with screams of anguish that would have done justice to the Brooklyn faithful in the Polo Grounds last October...