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Bailey's firm has come back since the Turner charges were dropped and is now operating in the black. His colleagues insist that he has mellowed somewhat since the Florida battle???and his subsequent marriage to his third wife Lynda, 28. He and British-born Lynda, a stewardess supervisor, met at a restaurant in Detroit, where Bailey was trying a case. When he first saw her she was sitting at a table with one of his associates reading a paperback novel. Bailey walked up to the table and grumped, "Forget that trash and read something worthwhile." He threw down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Piloting Patty's Defense | 2/16/1976 | See Source »

...wound, Dayan was eventually back in action, leading the Haganah commandos in 1948. Soon after, he took command of the Jerusalem front in Israel's first war with the Arabs. In 1953, he was made Chief of Staff, and he taught the Israeli army his uncompromising philosophy of battle???speed, emphasis on surprise and night assaults?the attributes that led to victory in 1956, and again last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: The Quickest War | 6/16/1967 | See Source »

...smoke-begrimed frame on a wall of Tennessee's capitol, Andrew Jackson seemed to cock his long ears expectantly one day last week. Below him sat the House, strangely hushed. Another hot political battle???the kind Old Hickory loved so well?was rumbling into Nashville. To his feet rose Representative John Tipton of Tipton to announce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES & CITIES: Empire Dust | 6/8/1931 | See Source »

Heflin: ". . . The Senator from Arkansas cannot remain leader of the Democrats and fight the Roman Catholics' battle??? every time the issue is raised in this body without some expression from a constitutional Democrat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Senate Week Jan. 30, 1928 | 1/30/1928 | See Source »

Concerning the kind of air force that would be most efficient in operation with the fleet, it should be one that belongs to, lives with, and continually trains with the fleet; and it should be trained in peace and controlled in action?that is, in battle???by officers thoroughly indoctrinated in the tactics and strategy of the fleet, as developed by the commander-in-chief. A separate air force would, therefore, be impracticable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Air Conclusion | 10/26/1925 | See Source »

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