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...I.M.A. These small factory owners in the small towns-the nurserymen and the guys with 100-worker factories-are scared to death of unions. Most of them don't even want new industry in town because it might bring in labor unions." On the other side of the coin, Hoegh's stand has not been enough to win the support of organized labor. Says he ruefully: "The I.M.A. has dried up on me, and labor is supporting my opponent, and I'm left holding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IOWA: Against the Anthills | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

...want a world in which force is not used. But that is only one side of the coin. If you have a world in which force is not used, you have also got to have a world in which a just solution of problems of this sort can be achieved. I don't care how many words are written into the Charter of the United Nations about not using force-if in fact there is not a substitute for force in some way to get just resolutions of some of these problems, inevitably the world will fall back again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Substitute for Force: JUSTICE UNDER LAW | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

...other side of the coin, private expenditure, came to an overwhelming $236 billion, which the GOP loudly hearalds as an indication that Rich America is growing richer and the standard of living is skyrocketing. The private debt for 1954, unfortunately, soared to its highest point in history. The non-farm debt reached an all-time peak, and the farm debt exceeded any since the bleak days of 1932. Naturally, the more you borrow the more you can spend. Under this truism, the Government and the public borrowed and spent more than they ever had before...

Author: By Richard H. Norris, | Title: All That Glitters... | 9/28/1956 | See Source »

...rummaging for a pair of red shoes at a dollar-day counter, Sherida Weber spotted a single shoe, saw its mate in the hand of another customer, refused to part with hers, camped near her opponent for five hours until, just before closing time, she agreed to a coin toss, lost, impulsively bought ten pairs of assorted styles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 17, 1956 | 9/17/1956 | See Source »

...hour Grand Prix of Endurance. But the good citizens of Le Mans and the nervous officials of France's Automobile Club de I'Ouest also remembered that les -vingt-quatre heures mean a grand influx of 1) hundreds of thousands of visitors, and 2) coin of the realm. So they worked out a compromise between dollars and danger. They widened the road, beefed up the grandstand, and optimistically wrote some strict rules for cars and drivers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Death Rate: Normal | 8/6/1956 | See Source »

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