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As a result of this strong pressure Governor Talmadge, on March 22, issued an executive order which deleted the question about relatives' politics and granted a thirty-day extension to the deadline for filling out the questionnaire.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Georgia Subversives Law Makes All State Teachers Show Loyalty | 6/17/1954 | See Source »

In the midst of TIME'S [May 17] reporting of the backing and filling of the world's "great" statesmen at Geneva, Captain "Earthquake McGoon ' McGovern's farewell came as a breath of fresh air and a brief glimpse of greatness in mere man . . .

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 7, 1954 | 6/7/1954 | See Source »

In the good old days the payoff was easy. A Congressman could pick the postmasters in his district plus a couple of assistant U.S. attorneys, and some others. A Senator from New York could dictate the filling of about 20,000 federal jobs. "Today," says a U.S. Senator, "I can...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: POLITICS WITHOUT PATRONAGE | 6/7/1954 | See Source »

U.S.-born Romaine Pierce Simpson, 30, better known as the Marchioness of Milford Haven, stalked grimly out to a plane at New York's International Airport for a "mystery flight" to Mexico. Both the mystery and Romaine's marriage were soon unraveled. Two days later she was back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, may 31, 1954 | 5/31/1954 | See Source »

The role of army Captain William Paris calls for a degree of quiet insanity well-suited to both Sim and British comedy. As entertainment officer and Chaplain, Paris decides that the weekly groans of a string quartet are hardly a diversion for his troops. To his quest for a program...

Author: By Dennis E. Brown, | Title: Folly To Be Wise | 5/26/1954 | See Source »

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