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Charlie Halleclc: An ambitious rival, Halleck had come to Congress in the first place hell-bent on running for President, Vice President, Speaker, or whatever else opportunity might put in his way. Charlie is always available. I regarded him as neither a popular choice nor a man who could provide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Old Joe's Revenge | 9/19/1960 | See Source »

It consisted of a series of puzzles, which appeared--one a day--for eight weeks or so; the diligent participant was asked to untangle each puzzle, put it away in a safe place, and then send in the whole lot at the end of the contest. Each puzzle was a...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Tangle Towns | 1/20/1960 | See Source »

Most West Germans have dropped their recollections of Hitler's Reich down a convenient memory hole and are disinclined to resurrect them. To make sure that they are nonetheless nudged from time to time is the task of a small but diligent scholarly organization with the innocuous name Institut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: Who Lit the Fire? | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

40,000 Shares. Easygoing, brilliant Merrill Griswold and sober, diligent Dwight Robinson made a crack team. With his flair for drama, Griswold pulled Massachusetts Investors Trust through a major test in 1932. Despite the fund's respectable performance in the crash, the idea persisted that it could not handle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: The Prudent Man | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

In the end, the excesses of her more diligent henchmen sickened even Elizabeth, the Queen who presided over the liquidation of Roman Catholicism in England. After about 180 executions, including the Jesuit Robert Southwell, Elizabeth said that if her council wanted to convert more Catholics to the Established Church, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Heart of a King | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

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