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Harry Truman's sharp political instinct told him he should stay out of the New Hampshire primary. But Democratic National Chairman Frank McKinney urged him to get in; delegate candidates pledged to him would be left out in the corridor if he didn't. Furthermore, he wouldn't have to campaign; the organization would take care of everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Nonchalance & Dismay | 3/24/1952 | See Source »

Good Neighbor. A young man in mechanic's cap and windbreaker half-carried a little old man down the long green corridor to "Male Examining." "Are you this man's son?" asked Dr. Lawrence Knopp, the intern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Saturday Night | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...Knopp said he would do his best. From the old man's wife, waiting in the corridor, he learned that his patient was a diabetic, on insulin for ten years. While he went on with his examination, Dr. Knopp sent the woman off with her young neighbor to be interviewed by a social service worker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Saturday Night | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...courtroom, each one clutching her card. Why the sexes were separated was not made clear--perhaps it was not made clear crude sense of chivalry that sent the women in first; perhaps the IBM machines in Washington practice segregation. At any rate, we men hung around in the corridor until the last of the women went through the doors. Then a bustling little agent of the government appeared and urged us to line up too--"just as if you was at a ball game waiting for tickets." With this explanation for a guide we found it surprisingly easy to form...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Citizen Is Made | 2/21/1952 | See Source »

...England, one of the "angels" financing the new building, there was a layout of electric trains, a television set, a miniature merry-go-round, and a rack of dolls. If a little girl got attached to a doll, she could keep it; there were more where it came from. Corridor walls were covered with such Disney favorites as Pinocchio and Snow White...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: On the Track | 1/21/1952 | See Source »

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