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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Racket-Buster Dewey last autumn became merely Buster Dewey, in sarcastic appreciation of his age, 38. Now Buster began to get some of the old meaning back. But much remained to be done, perhaps too much, before Mr. Dewey became the G. 0. P. nominee; when it came to lining up delegates, harelike Mr. Dewey hadn't yet overtaken Robert the Tortoise Taft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Dewey Gets Going | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

...most attractive qualities was his knack of apparently muffing things. Industrious, hopeful, comfortable, the Dagwood Bumstead of American politics, Ohio's 50-year-old Senator was unprofessional, artless, refreshingly without a workable cure-all for every ill. By last week he had already rounded up more delegates than "Buster" Dewey will have at convention time, even if Mr. Dewey sweeps every primary in sight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Men A-Plenty | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

...Nebraska, where the primary election was expected to be a straw in the wind of this year's farm votes, ripe and eager was Thomas E. Dewey, silent and aloof was his rival. Senator Arthur Vandenberg. Twice "Buster" Dewey had invaded Nebraska, speechifying, conferring, shaking every hand within reach. Senator Vandenberg, though he was backed by most of the regular party leaders, had made it clear that any nomination must come to him "from the deliberative judgment of the American people." The best his campaign managers could think up was to bluster that young Mr. Dewey was pushing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGNS: Nebraska and Illinois Primaries | 4/8/1940 | See Source »

Last week in St. Louis "Buster" Dewey took off his gloves, fitted brass knuckles over his fingers and slugged: "The record of the New Deal is one of broken promises, contempt for free institutions and abuse of power. . . . The platforms were worthless. . . The erosion of character in this Administration began within six weeks after it took office. This country needs a restoration of character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Republicans | 4/8/1940 | See Source »

...could deny that when Tom Dewey goes to the wars, he goes. U. S. political history had seen few cases of such violent campaigning before convention time. Last autumn aggressive "Buster" Dewey charted every trip, speech he must make, every bigwig he must meet before June, allotted his days and nights, set up his staff of 30 researchers to gather the material at a cost of $3,000 a speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Republicans | 4/8/1940 | See Source »

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