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...flames," Bond said," I didn't think of the Klan right off the bat. When I did realize what it was, I was shocked and I didn't know what...

Author: By Philip M. Cronin, | Title: Leighton Calls Yardling 'Fiery Cross' Deplorable | 2/23/1952 | See Source »

...Real Dinger. Back in the main lobby, Truman said he had frightened the builders (John McShain Inc. of Philadelphia) into putting up a new chandelier. The old one looked like a livery-stable lantern, and he threatened to knock it down with a baseball bat if they put it up again. The state dining room is also getting a new chandelier, he said-a real dinger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Guided Tour | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

...Christ. Each was spare as an Egyptian frieze, ominous as a nightmare. Haggard men in black swimming trunks and bony women in black dresses posed stiffly and grimly against dirty white skies. The resurrected Christ hung desperate above his tomb, his winding sheet napping from his sides like bat wings. "I defy any man," wrote one enthusiastic critic, "not to feel moved almost to sickness before these works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Mere Misery | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

...Wool of bat and tongue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Offers New Menu: Fenny-Snake, Witches' Brew | 2/9/1952 | See Source »

Floberg also showed his audience two more new shipborne jets in production-a bat-winged interceptor called the Douglas F4D "Skyray," and a needle-nosed fighter named the McDonnell F3H. "Demon"-and announced that all six planes would be on duty with the fleet within a few years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: New Planes | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

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