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...time during this session. Each day he expects to be on hand from noon until 1 p.m.; then he will retire to his second-floor office, off the Senate Gallery, for a two-hour nap. Late in the afternoon he will reappear on the floor briefly, roam the cloak rooms, head for home before 6 p.m. In case of crisis, Johnson's vigilant colleagues will summon him from his hideaway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Nub: Politics | 1/9/1956 | See Source »

Overnight accommodations en route can be had either in firehouses or hotels, whichever the student prefers. The engine is leaving under cloak of darkness to avoid any undue fanfare by appreciative local citizens, Kilfoyle emphasized...

Author: By Ernest A. Ostro, | Title: City Offers Students from Midwest Free Journey Home in Fire Engine | 12/16/1955 | See Source »

...work for the greater glory of the 'British Empah." But the weary pan-amorous Elizabeth, who lost Errol Flynn back in the first film, likes the cut of Raleigh's jib- and his beard too. He is blunt, charming, gay, adventurous and never forgets to throw his cloak over mud puddles. He accepts the job of captain of the palace guard, i.e., the Queens pet, in the hope that some day his ships will go out. But before long Raleigh has to fight it out with a couple of courtiers (Robert Douglas and Jay Robinson), who have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Aug. 15, 1955 | 8/15/1955 | See Source »

Your story on Carl Milles . . . has been read with great interest in Kansas City, since the [large memorial group] of which you speak is expected here in October ... It shows St. Martin of Tours sharing his cloak with a mendicant, thus expresses the spirit and generosity of William Volker, who died in 1947, and who did so much for the poor and underprivileged ... It will be located on city-owned ground . . . overlooking the . . . campus of the University of Kansas City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 18, 1955 | 7/18/1955 | See Source »

...highest court an "inept fraternity of politicians and professors" is mockery beyond forgiveness [June 13]. Agreement or disagreement with a decision from the court is no basis for such a smear as printed by the Richmond News Leader. Those who criticize so noble a tribunal behind the cloak of a free press are not worthy of the freedom they possess. Clear-thinking Americans cannot help respect the determination of the U.S. Supreme Court to keep America the "land of the free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 27, 1955 | 6/27/1955 | See Source »

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