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Word: friendships (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...listen to others than to voice his own ideas. Now the news spread gradually that here was a man with a tough confidence in a free-operating economy and a determination to keep the U.S. strong in the world. Texan Anderson had one other advantage over George Humphrey: friendship with Texan Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Ruled Mr. Sam 15 years ago: "He's reliable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TREASURY'S ANDERSON: A Soft Answer Turneth Away Tax Cuts | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

...enthusiasm of the Moslems. They have come out of the fetid alleys of the casbah, descended from the hills, flocked in from the countryside around Algiers. Every evening in the vast parking lot in front of the Government General Building they join hands with Europeans in a "Friendship Chain" and sing the Marseillaise. Terrorized for almost four years by the F.L.N. on one hand and the Europeans on the other, the Moslems of Algeria-particularly in the cities-have greeted the promise of integration with immense relief. Without entirely understanding what is happening or why they are suddenly embraced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALGERIA: Cheaper Than War | 6/2/1958 | See Source »

Word of Caution. One of the effects of this new friendship "is a constant invitation from Protestants to Catholics to cooperate with them in their projects." Catholics, he said, "are embarrassed about this new trend. They do not wish to be rude, and they wish to reciprocate the good will shown them. But they do not know to what the acceptance of the invitation commits them. Many therefore politely but awkwardly refuse the welcome, but many more are now accepting the welcome and find the intercourse pleasant and profitable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Era of Good Feeling? | 6/2/1958 | See Source »

Just one of Capp's Harvard characters is based on a specific individual. A "smart Indian lawyer" called Harvard G. Polecat (the "G" is for "graduate") has, according to Capp," all the facial and physical characteristics of Professor Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr." This fact has not disturbed Capp's friendship with his Cambridge neighbor...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: The University Life of Abner Yokum | 5/21/1958 | See Source »

...abrupt, frenetic and clumsy switch against Tito suggested that Russia has now concluded that any benefits to be had from Tito's friendship are outweighed by the disorder in the satellites caused by Tito's talk of separate roads to socialism. When in doubt, the Russians hang on to what they have, and never mind opinions in the rest of the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: Press Gang | 5/19/1958 | See Source »

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