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In the face of the Daily News poll, New York Republicans have panicked. At their request, President Eisenhowever made a special trip through New York City, Ives clinging desperately to his coat-tails. Democrats are confident of victory, and the Daily News pollsters are defying anyone to take the wind...

Author: By Milton S. Gwirtzman, | Title: The Campaign: I | 10/26/1954 | See Source »

Few readers will accept-or read-all of Toynbee; many will reject a great deal. But if the West, clinging to its steep cliff, wants a heartening message, one can be found in this "post-Christian" English historian. It is in the other, larger meaning of Amplexus expecta-that the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Prophet of Hope & Fear | 10/18/1954 | See Source »

In the old days, people in the tropics wore little clothing, usually nothing above the waist. Now tropical people of European culture, clinging to European customs, go clothed as if they were dressing for a chilly British spring. The natural result is lassitude and a lowered cultural level. Dr. Wulsin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: With Nudity, Culture | 5/24/1954 | See Source »

How should a newspaper handle an irresponsible charge made by a public figure? Most newspapers, clinging to the old-fashioned fetish of "objectivity," print the charge as straight news, leave it to the reader to interpret. Even when the paper follows up its story with a denial from the person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Reader Beware | 2/22/1954 | See Source »

With one minute remaining, the Middies were still clinging to a four point lead they had nursed throughout the second half. At this point, Crimson coach Norm Shepard inserted Blodnick, who had played only briefly in the second quarter.

Author: By Stephen L. Seftenberg, | Title: Middies Beat Varsity Five In Tight Blockhouse Clash | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

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