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...intention of letting Perón himself return to Argentina. In his delicate, dangerous balancing act, the left-of-center President has allowed Peronism to rebuild itself as a counterweight to the conservative army and business elements. Now he must endure the kind of greedy heckling at which Peronistas excel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Peronista Comeback | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

Thank you for publishing so much of Mr. Sherman Adams' address. It's about time someone replied to the charges, half-truths, libels, etc. that Democrats excel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 24, 1958 | 2/24/1958 | See Source »

...deem it narrow-minded to excel...

Author: By Philip M. Boffey, | Title: Theodore Roosevelt at Harvard | 12/12/1957 | See Source »

...nation's life disrupted and anti-Semitism rampant, Teller's father dinned into his son two grim lessons: 1) he would have to emigrate to some more favorable country when he grew up, and 2) as a member of a disliked minority he would have to excel the average just to stay even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: Knowledge Is Power | 11/18/1957 | See Source »

...Square. It was easy enough for young Edward to excel the average. In early childhood he showed a gift for mathematics. "One of my earliest memories," he recalls, "is that I was put to bed earlier than I liked and then lay awake in the dark, amusing myself by figuring how many seconds there were in a minute, an hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: Knowledge Is Power | 11/18/1957 | See Source »

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