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...handling of labor unions is a business, a big business. I've got 32 million dollars in my treasury. As a businessman, I can see we're going into a severe recession . . . and I think business should call us in to discuss it." He did not blink when he was asked: "Mr. Beck, in view of this recession you speak about, wouldn't it be unwise for your men to ask for more money?" Said Businessman Beck: "Since I firmly believe we are in a recession, I am cautioning the members of this international union to study...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Businessman | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

...Dubliner, Dr. Raymond G. Cross, offered suggestions which made some of his colleagues blink: 1) because overheating of the testicles reduces sperm production, tight-fitting underwear is bad-a kilt is just the thing; 2) a man whose sperm output is below par should eat onions, garlic, bananas, celery, parsley, honey, cheese and molasses, and drink stout; 3) before trying to bring about conception, such a husband should remain continent for ten days to six weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: More Babies | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

Whitney Darrow's president will be ready. He will press a button in his suit, blink his eyes once or twice, turn to his smiling predecessor and say, "Noli timere, o vir Harvardiensis, ad astra per aspera...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: High-Pressure President | 3/20/1953 | See Source »

...Merritt Parkway one night last week, a Navy chief petty officer named Franklin Jenson saw an unusual sight : an empty state police car was standing at the side of the road with its big rear warning light flashing rhythmically. He slowed. Then he saw something even stranger: a weak blink of light on the ground near the car. He stopped, got out. A white-faced state trooper was sprawled there in the darkness, working a flashlight button with his thumb, and dying from a bullet wound in his stomach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: A Trooper's Last Words | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

...Favors Wanted. When he was asked about the Stop Kefauver drive, Kefauver didn't blink an eye. "I have heard no such report," he said blandly, "and I discount it. The National Committee is supposed to keep a hands-off policy in relation to candidates, and as far as I know, is doing that. I ask no favors . . . and this is as it ought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: The Third Man | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

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