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Possible presidential ambitions aside, Dewey certainly has no desire to lose his position of leadership in the Republican Party. As a bulwark of liberal Republicanism, he cannot relish the prospect of party control passing to his long-time antagonists, the midwestern Republicans...
Indiana seems to be disturbed and a little confused about the courage and prowess of American athletes. Traditionally the very core of Americanism, it has shown that its faith might be slightly insincere. Fancying itself a bulwark against communist infiltration, the Indiana Athletic Commission has proclaimed that professional boxers and wrestlers must take a non-Communist oath before stepping into Indiana rings. Already new license applications are being issued...
...Holy Bible, a comfort and a bulwark of doctrine for plain Christians, is a mighty challenge for serious scholars and a treasure trove for cranks. The ordinary layman reads little of the work of either-scholars are all too often unreadable, cranks are generally unpublishable. But when a crank has the reputation and writing ability of Novelist Robert (I, Claudius) Graves, publishers are glad to let him run on for page after page. The Nazarene Gospel Restored (Doubleday; $10), by Robert Graves and Joshua Podro, published last week, runs...
...form the words "No! No!" Without any warning or relevancy, McCarthy interjected the name of Fred Fisher, 32, an associate in Welch's Boston law firm, Hale & Dorr. Fisher, said McCarthy, "has been for a number of years" a member of the National Lawyers Guild, "the legal bulwark of the Communist Party." Welch, he went on, had tried to get Fisher hired as "the assistant counsel for this committee" so Fisher would have a chance to be "looking over the secret and classified material." When McCarthy had finished his harangue and turned to his paper-shuffling, Welch slowly...
Against the 1953-54 recession, housing stood as a bulwark. But now Congress threatens to gut the housing program...