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Last week came I. P. U. election day. Fleshy, easygoing Senator Barkley of Kentucky prepared to settle the little matter in the privacy of his Library Committee Room. To his surprise, crowds of Congressmen flocked in. He hastily moved the meeting to a larger room, and then discovered what was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Barkley's 30 Winks | 1/30/1939 | See Source »

Most famous of these is his direct heir, Thomas Stephen Cullen, author of several classic texts on gynecology. Easygoing Dr. Cullen is famous for his work on cancer of the uterus and diseases of the umbilicus. Drs. Kelly and Cullen have grown old together, and next week on November 19...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Fathers & Sons | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

Finally the Premier gave Communist and other propaganda agents in France this warning: "Hitlerian Germany, Fascist Italy and Communist Russia forbid democratic propaganda in their lands. It is their right as sovereign States. The French Republic, whose patience has perhaps been too easygoing, will henceforth watch and render impossible any...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Daladier, Herriot & Heart | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

But his indignations tend to play out quickly and he seems more at home in an easygoing, sentimental mood, as when he writes of his son: Up to the cornfield, old and curly,

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Likes & Dislikes | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

"We Filipinos of today are soft and easygoing. Our tendency toward parasitism is not inclined to sustained strenuous effort. Face-saving is our dominant note in the confused symphony of our existence. Our sense of righteousness often is dulled by a desire for personal gain. We lack the superb courage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Moral Criticism | 8/29/1938 | See Source »

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