Word: edwin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Edwin W. Pauley, California oilman and grain speculator, treasurer of the party (1942-45), whom Truman once nominated for Under Secretary of the Navy, an appointment he had to withdraw because of senatorial opposition. Pauley raised a lot of West Coast oil money. Seldom seen around the White House any more, he keeps in touch by long-distance telephone...
...Edwin H. Land, 40, Polaroid's black haired, bright-eyed president, could thank his ten-year-old daughter Jennifer for the idea for his new camera. Several years ago, when he took a snapshot of Jeffie, she demanded to know why she couldn't have a print right away. That got him thinking about a camera that would have a "built-in darkroom" (TIME, March 3, 1947), and he developed one that printed 3 by 5 photos. that were simply peeled off the negative...
...teachers, Schweitzer in February, 1948, mailed out letters to various university officials, asking for recommendations. One of these letters was received at Harvard by Edwin B. Newman, chairman of the Psychology Department. To teach at Bloomfield, the letter said, a man must have these qualifications...
...married, and even their wives and kids get along harmoniously. There is a "fifth member" of the quartet, who, as far as the playing members are concerned, is currently making discords in the wings. Since January, the pianists have been trying to get out of their contracts with Manager Edwin Fadiman (Clifton's brother), who, they claim, gets too big a cut of the receipts. The receipts were nothing to trifle with; last year the quartet made close to $240,000 in concert tours, radio and recordings...
Into President Truman's offices one day last week went his three-man Council of Economic Advisers, to give him their report on the U.S. economy. Tall, gaunt old Chairman Edwin G. Nourse adjusted his pince-nez, cleared his throat, and informed the President that the U.S. was still in "a healthy state of disinflation." It had not "fallen...