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...Hotel last week, the committeemen who like Ike knew that they were outnumbered. The only question was how far the Taft majority would go in naming Taftmen to key positions in the national convention. How far they went was apparent a moment after the session ended. Ikeman Ralph H. Cake, Oregon national committeeman, stomped out of the meeting room and growled: "Yes, they have rigged us, but good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Arrangements Were Made | 6/23/1952 | See Source »

...Congratulations on your May 26 reporting of MacArthur's slur at generals in the White House ... I never cease to marvel at the many facets of the MacArthur personality, but this one really takes the cake. What makes Mac think he is an exception to the old political axiom-that generals make poor presidents? It smacks of an inflated ego, plus a childish fit of pique, i.e., "if I can't have it, neither...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 16, 1952 | 6/16/1952 | See Source »

...graduation week were a student sermon contest and a presentation of King Lear, with President Bob Jones Jr., 40, the founder's son, in the title role. At a gathering of strictly nonsmoking (and teetotaling) alumni,* it took a while to light the candles on the anniversary cake because nobody was carrying matches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: World's Most Unusual | 6/16/1952 | See Source »

...cake was on the punitive side." ¶ "Your research paper has malcontent." ¶ "The travesty of the blast could not be measured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Shock in Chicago | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

American Ward. Economically, Austria is a ward of the U.S. It lives well: the Viennese enjoy their castles of whipped cream and citadels of chocolate cake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: The Jolly Chancellor | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

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