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...freedom. Dawn-and every subsequent dawn-brought proof that they had not been idle. Greek letters appeared on the municipal water tower, coconuts crashed through windows, a dead shark materialized in the Horizon Hotel's swimming pool, and two students were pinched for swimming in the buff. At 1 :30 on Easter morning a car driven by a boy from Ohio careened into the wrong lane and hit a girl from Missouri and a boy from Delaware. Both died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Visigoths | 4/20/1953 | See Source »

...past 24 years, was made honorary fire chief of Pittsburgh, the seventh city to give him such a title so far in his cross-country concert tour. Reason: Boston Fire Chief Michael Kelleher had written advance letters to all cities on the tour suggesting that his fire-buff musical friend might like the honor. Potential titles yet to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 9, 1953 | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

...last message to Congress on the State of the Union, determined to speak his valedictory in the calm, reasoning voice of the statesman. At 11:15 one night last week-late by Truman standards-he finished going over the fifth draft, left his speechwriters working well past midnight to buff the rough edges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Valedictory | 1/19/1953 | See Source »

...Delta's President Collett Everman Woolman, 63, who will boss the new line, the merger was the latest in a series of expansions that have boosted Delta from a small, crop-dusting outfit to a seat near the top. A lifelong aviation buff, Woolman, while a student at the University of Illinois, worked his way to France on a cattle boat to a world aviation meet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Sixth Biggest | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

Kinsey is a solidly built man with greying, buff-colored hair in a short pompadour, eyes that vary between blue and hazel, and a sensitive, rather tense mouth above a hard jaw. His wife, whom he calls "Mac," was a graduate student of chemistry, and has been a great help. Being scientifically trained, she raised no objection at all when he started his work on sex, and sometimes she helps him in the office typing confidential documents. She teaches classes in swimming, runs the local Girl Scout camp, and loves the great outdoors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Personality, Dec. 15, 1952 | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

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