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John Adams and the American Revolution, by Catherine Drinker Bowen. A brisk retossing of the salad days of the commonsensical second President of the U.S., which turns up a personality much crisper than most historians have allowed him (TIME, June...
...reserve squadron to be accepted intact for the Korean war. Every pilot in the squadron was ready for active duty on one condition, that they go as a unit. Forty of VF-781's enlisted ground crewmen felt the same way. Their prompt and unanimous application got a brisk salute from Vice Admiral John Dale Price in Washington-and a sheaf of orders to duty...
John Adams and the American Revolution, by Catherine Drinker Bowen. A brisk retossing of the salad days of the commonsensical second President of the U.S., which turns up a personality much crisper than most historians have allowed him (TIME, June...
...made his first speech at lunch, a few hours after his arrival. "Dear brothers and sisters in Christ," he began in his brisk, high voice. "I am going around the U.S. to say thank you, thank you, thank you. But I wish you would dare to send more missionaries to Japan-even lay leaders. I divide my country's 46 provinces into four classes: class A, where we could get 500 converts in a day; class B, where we could get 300 a day; class C, where we could get 200; class D, 100 or less. Only three...
John Adams and the American Revolution, by Catherine Drinker Bowen. A brisk retossing of the salad days of the commonsensical second President of the U.S., which turns up a personality much crisper than most historians have allowed him (TIME, June...