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Russia's initial defeats in World War II further weakened his faith in Stalin's infallibility. He tried his hand at creative writing, but lacked the determination to stick to it. He decided to climb aboard the party bandwagon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Soviet Syndrome | 9/5/1955 | See Source »

...next year's convention, Goodie Knight, as governor, will probably be able to pick the California delegates personally; if he does, they will be Knight's pawns. Should Nixon force a showdown for control, Goodie will almost certainly beat him and mire down the Nixon-for-President bandwagon. "The best we can do," concedes a Nixon stalwart, "is maybe slip some sneakers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Don Juan in Heaven | 5/30/1955 | See Source »

...volume) such fine old fare as Trevelyan's History of England, such first-rate modern fiction as Henry Green's Loving. Total sales of Anchor's 48 titles: 1,250,000. Other publishers watched nervously for a while, then hopped onto the bandwagon. Among them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Respectable Paperbacks | 4/4/1955 | See Source »

...only sour not was struck by Norman A. Hall, Alumni Bulletin editor, who commented. "The Bulletin began this parody bandwagon on Saturday. Now a lot of ninnies are trying to climb of our caboose." Charles R. Cherington '35, professor of Government, told Hall to mind his own damn business...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cunning 'Parody' Prompts Giggles Before Breakfast | 3/2/1955 | See Source »

...prisoners, an abundance of consumer goods, honest art and, above all, peace. It was an obvious tactic: after a generation of Stalinist austerity and terror, the leader who could deliver these things might consolidate himself with the masses. As a matter of fact, everyone climbed on the "new life" bandwagon, including Khrushchev himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Voice of Inexperience | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

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