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None of this was accomplished without Bowron's tramping on sensitive toes; he made scores of enemies. He was accused of being arbitrary, tactless and indecisive, and was variously described as 'Chubby Cheeks," "Fumbling Fletch," and "Bottleneck Bowron." He was even attacked by Cafeteria Owner Clifford Clinton, a vociferous reformer and the man who spent $72,000 to put Bowron into office. "Drab . . . colorless ... far from inspiring . . ." cried Clinton. "We were misled . . ." Clinton ran against him;-and lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: The Pink Oasis | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

Claire kept right on helping her father after her marriage in 1930 to blond Clifford ("Biff") Hoffman, Stanford fullback and captain (1928). She also became a general (inactive) partner with a sizable interest in Biff's brokerage firm, and the company got its share of Bank of America business. But Claire Hoffman never took a public part in her father's bank or her husband's business; she has spent much of her quiet life riding, playing golf (in the 90s) and helping the Y.W.C.A. Said brother L.M.: "She's a good businesswoman ... a hardheaded person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: A. P.'s Daughter | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

David F. Wheeler '47 of Cambridge, has won the Augustus Clifford Tower Fellowship for study in a French University. Wheeler was a member of the Eliot House football team and concentrated in the study of English literature...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Final Academic Awards Given by Dean's Office | 6/23/1949 | See Source »

Ransen, Forest Warnyr of 331 Park View, Racine Wis.; Washington Park High, Racine. Hayden, Royal Clifford of 1133 West 3rd Street, Red Wing, Minn.; Albert Lee Senior High, Albert Lee Johnson. William Reynold of 129 Center Street, Excelsior Minn.; Excelsior High. Kinser, Samuel Christianson of 828 West 16th Street, Davenport, Ia.; Davenport High...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scholarship Lists Released | 6/21/1949 | See Source »

...Jean Giraudoux's enchanting Madwoman of Chaillot flourished. Musically, 1948-49 could point with pride to Kiss Me, Kate as well as South Pacific; but, to only one enjoyable revue, Lend an Ear. It was a season when the mourners' bench was lined with Tennessee Williams, Clifford Odets, John van Druten, Kaufman & Ferber, Garson Kanin, Marc Connelly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Annual Report | 6/6/1949 | See Source »

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