Word: arthur
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...manager of Van's, traveled with him constantly, collecting research and protecting him from the constant demands on his time. The two soon found that they had a lot in common: Moor grew up in Texas not far from Van; each had studied piano with a pupil of Arthur Friedheim's, who in turn was a pupil of Liszt's. For this week's cover story, Moor sent TIME'S editors the tapes of the prizewinning Moscow performance, and 60 pages of research on life with Van Cliburn. Meantime, correspondents in the U.S. and Western...
...believe we must have simple and direct channels of command," said the Army's General Omar Bradley. "This proposed change will provide in being an organization in peacetime which is prepared to function immediately in case of war." Right behind Bradley came Admiral Arthur Radford, a leader in the Navy's 1945-47 fight against military unification, who began changing his mind about reorganization during his 1953-57 terms as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "I don't know what is coming in the next ten years," said Airman Radford, "but there are going...
...reaching national consequences: if the Democrats control the Congress next year. Anderson will probably be chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and thus the man on Capitol Hill with whom Strauss must work most closely. Last week, summing up the possible results. New York Times Columnist Arthur Krock, an old friend to both Anderson and Strauss, described Strauss as Clint Anderson's Doctor Fell, concluded: "If Strauss retires voluntarily at the end of his current term, June 30, one of the principal reasons might well be his patriotic recognition that, in the Senate battle against his confirmation...
...hearing room of a House Post Office and Civil Service subcommittee last week, a reporter whispered a few words to Committeeman David Dennison, an Ohio Republican, who listened intently, broke into a grin and interrupted the testimony of Witness Arthur S. Flemming, president of Ohio Wesleyan University. "The White House." said Dennison, "has officially announced the appointment of Mr. Flemming as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare." Lean, painfully shy Arthur Flemming blinked in surprise, glanced hastily around the room as if in fear that there might be embarrassing applause. "Thank you, sir," he replied. "That's news...
Reigning Cats & Dogs. In St. Louis County, Mo., State Weight Inspector Arthur J. Schneider stopped a truck, ordered the driver to rearrange his freight to take excess weight off the rear axle, sympathetically changed his mind when the driver told him the cargo was eight leopards, a cheetah, eight dogs and a panther...