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At the rough & rowdy Washington Times-Herald, the fluttery, fastidious little man seemed as out of place as the publisher's high-strung poodles. Apple-cheeked Charles Bell Porter was no newsman but an esthete, a collector of rare stamps and Chinese porcelains, a Ph.D. in criminology from the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Disinherited | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

Major Desmond Ferneaux-Lightfoot, D.S.O., of His Majesty's .Brigade of Guards, fascinated Harriet because his character was so mixed. Snootily correct in his brilliant uniform, free-&-easy in old country clothes, Desmond's "animal eyes" made him a scary lover, but he had a wonderfully gentle way...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Serpent in Uniform | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

Almost his only confidant was a boy named Harry de Forest Smith, whose mind was also stuffed with echoes of books. Robinson once said that Smith was one person to whom he could "take his soul." While Smith was away at school, in 1890, the two boys began a regular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poet in America | 3/8/1948 | See Source »

When Henry A. Wallace, former Vice-President, Cabinet member, and Presidential confidant, steps to the rostrum in Soldiers Field tonight, he will be speaking as a private citizen. It is a striking tribute to the vitality and appeal of his ideology that, although he has no official standing and no...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reliable Source | 10/1/1947 | See Source »

Joseph Arthur Padway, bullnecked, grey-haired, 55-year-old defender of John Lewis, is general counsel for the A.F.L. and the archetype of the U.S. labor lawyer. As confidant, adviser, defender of Jimmy Petrillo, Dan Tobin and many another A.F.L. chieftain, Joe Padway has written both labor history and labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Gladiators | 12/9/1946 | See Source »

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