Word: earls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Well, so far as I am concerned," said President Eisenhower at his press conference, "here is some irresponsible reporting." The President was referring directly to a news story describing his relationship with Chief Justice Earl Warren as "cold and distant and marred by disapproval on both sides." Author of the story...
...Costs and 2) naming his economic adviser, Raymond Saulnier, as its chairman. ¶ Accepted the resignation of his assistant for federal-state relations: Arizona's ex-Governor Howard Pyle, who is leaving to head the National Safety Council. ¶ Held a get-together with brothers Edgar (Tacoma lawyer), Earl (general manager of an Illinois newspaper chain), and Milton (president of Johns Hopkins University) to celebrate Edgar's 70th birthday. ¶ Boosted the U.S. exhibition that is to be held in Moscow's Sokolniki Park next summer as "about the best investment of money this Government has made...
Answering a total of 15 questions in a little less than an hour, the President was at his best in paying personal tribute to men he has known-and most admired. One of these, said onetime West Point Halfback Eisenhower, was retiring Army Football Coach Earl ("Red") Blaik: "I've never known a man in the athletic world who has been a greater inspiration." Another was wartime colleague Winston Churchill: He was "great in the carrying of responsibility . . . You had to hang on tight to your basic conviction because the first thing you knew he would shove...
...touchy Cuba, where Ambassador Earl E. T. Smith, a political appointee, had just resigned under rebel criticism (TIME, Jan. 19), the U.S. State Department last week prepared to rush one of its top careermen, Manhattan-born, Yale-educated Philip Bonsai...
...years as head coach at Dartmouth (1934-40) and West Point (1941-58), Earl Blaik compiled one of the finest records of any college football coach (48 losses in 228 games). Between 1944 and 1950, Blaik's Army juggernauts went undefeated for 32 and 28 games at a clip. When, in 1951, Blaik's quarterback son Bob and virtually the entire varsity squad were dismissed from the Point in the mishandled "cribbing scandal," Blaik resolutely stayed on, brought Army back to football greatness, last year had another unbeaten season. Last week, at 61, he resigned, denied...