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...destroying fleas). His most heroic feat was in wrestling the Evil Spirit for 50 days. Finally Tammany upended the Evil Spirit with a hip lock and tried to roll him into the Ohio River. But an immense rock stood in the way, and Tammany failed to conquer evil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SACHEMS & SINNERS AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF TAMMANY HALL | 8/22/1955 | See Source »

...greet the democratic delegation from I Love Me. Their clothing is uniform, their movements are regimented, their faces are set and purposeful. In uni on they sing: Marching! Marching! Marching! Marching ! Rise the bitter Rise the hateful Rise the needy to our call We shall struggle We shall conquer One the class to rule for all. Pain and suffering our weapons Fear and hunger lead to hate We'll divide, confuse and conquer Victory is our fate! The arriving delegates from I Love Me are not dismayed by such displays of militancy, and they attempt to convert Odioso...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ORGANIZATIONS: M.R.A.'s Message | 8/15/1955 | See Source »

...young scientist that there are millions to be made out of his pay dirt. But John Henry is interested in no quid pro quo, prefers to be "an amicus humani generis-a friend of the human race," and wants to give Taurum to the world to conquer hunger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pay Dirt | 8/8/1955 | See Source »

...months after Pearl Harbor, the restless aggressors who bossed the Imperial Japanese Navy cast loftily about for new coasts to conquer. Having smashed many of the biggest ships of the U.S. and British fleets and landed their forces at will around the southern seas, they toyed between plans to go for India, Australia or Hawaii. It was Doolittle's Tokyo raid, launched in April 1942 from the U.S. carrier Hornet, that clinched the sea lords' new course of conquest. They decided to turn east, to capture Midway Island (1,300 miles northwest of Pearl Harbor) and use this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Other Side of Midway | 7/11/1955 | See Source »

...Worlds to Conquer. The auto workers also stepped up the pressure on another big industry: farm equipment. John Deere & Co. has already gone through three bargaining sessions over G.A.W., and the union is demanding nothing less than a contract like the one at Ford. Reuther has also notified International Harvester Co. and Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., whose contracts expire in August, that the U.A.W.'s new contract demands will include G.A.W...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: G.A.W. Creeps On | 6/27/1955 | See Source »

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