Word: crosses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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TIME [May 5] did one of its finest jobs in clarity in exposing a cross section of Vice President Nixon's courageous, non-political talk before the A.N.P.A. Every day, Nixon grows in stature as a great American statesman with the courage of his convictions while so many of his opponents spar in the political ring for punches designed to slam through the front pages. He must be doing all right for himself, because the shadows in the dark, slimy political alleys continue to try to smear him with the wornout, age-old charges never proved, but kept alive...
Although charity contributions usually recede in the midst of recession, Rochester, N.Y. (pop. 350,000) took on a record $4,178,552 goal for its early-bird, 1958 Community Chest-Red Cross campaign. Businessmen and labor leaders faithfully made their fund-raising rounds, while unemployment hovered around 14,000, three times as high as last year. By last week bellwether Rochester's results raised hopes in other cities ready to launch their big fund drives: the number of contributors dropped 4%, but the average gift rose 7% to $26.75, boosted the total over the goal...
...letter to his son John, wrote: "The day [De Gaulle] arrived he thought he was Joan of Arc and the following day he insisted he was Georges Clemenceau." A series of equally bitter arguments over British policy in Syria and Madagascar led Winston Churchill to complain: "Of all the crosses I have borne since 1940 none is so heavy as the Cross of Lorraine...
...show's lawyer, Selig Silverman. Each principal is told the "truth" about his role in the case. The lawyers are not actors, but professional attorneys who like to get on the show for the fun of it. It is up to them to make their own cross-examinations, field the witnesses' replies as skillfully as they can. Presiding and ruling on points of law last week was former Judge Cornelius D. McNamara, who served ten years in a New York City municipal court...
...Fair Lady. He saw the musical's last 15 minutes. But last night at the White House some of the top hits' leading players were willing to disappoint their paying customers to perform before a President of the United States who has not, as yet, deigned to cross a street to see their fellow Equity players...