Word: deweyitis
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...what was perhaps more important. Harry Truman had made it plain that he is not mad at anybody, an attitude which he further delineated by inviting both Thomas E. Dewey and Alfred Landon to confer with him "any time they might be in Washington." Harry Truman seemed determined to use all U.S. brains, of whatever party. Was he paving the way to a new U.S. "era of good feeling...
Mainly responsible for the decorations were Howland P. Hall, Clifford Fitchner, Thomas S. Morse, and Edward Dewey. Nicholas N. Solovioff drew the sketches which were the featured decorations in one of the two rooms used for dancing both of which were popular...
...delegation's principal advisers were John Foster Dulles and Hamilton Fish Armstrong. Dulles, who would have been Secretary of State if Tom Dewey had been elected President, worked well and loyally for Stettinius. Armstrong's vast knowledge of foreign affairs was immensely useful to the delegation's amateurs. The State Department's Leo Pasvolsky, with the eyes of a tired owl, knew more about the Dumbarton Oaks plan than any one else. Archibald MacLeish shepherded a restless horde of consultants, and Nelson Rockefeller Avas able scoutmaster for the Latin Americans. Rockefeller gave the Europeans an unpleasant...
...outstanding feminine performance is given by Margaret Dewey as the Fairy Queen. Her fine voice and real acting talent successfully carry an unsteady (and most un-dainty) chorus of fairies through some difficult crises...
...Jacob Dewey Gortatowsky, whose name means nothing to the public, last week firmed his hold as No. 2 editorial man in the Hearst empire. For 29 years he has been a faithful Hearstling, for the past five years general manager of the 17 Hearst papers. With the death of Joe Connolly (TIME, April 30) he fell heir to two more jobs : running Hearst's International News Service and giant King Features (33 com ics, Winchell, Pegler...