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...with sentry boxes manned by armed and uniformed guards. Gehlen's own headquarters are separately enclosed by a steel fence, and his paneled, second-floor office contains only one symbol of his profession: a box of cigars labeled Geheimdienst (Secret Service). (In Washington, Allen Dulles also keeps a gag prop on his desk-a plaster statuette of a man with a cloak and dagger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESPIONAGE: Der Doktor | 7/11/1960 | See Source »

From solons to saloonkeepers, every wag had his political gag as the election moon waxed bright. The word around the Pentagon last week was that if Nelson Rockefeller believes the nation needs $3 billion more for defense, "why doesn't he write a check?" New York Times Pundit Arthur Krock figured that "the inter partisan confusion could now be resolved if the Democrats would nominate their favorite Republican, Rockefeller, and the Republicans their favorite Democrat, Lyndon Johnson." In the Senate, Minnesota's Eugene McCarthy spotted the reason his favorite candidate, Hubert Humphrey, lost the West Virginia primary: "Hubert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Impious Tales | 6/20/1960 | See Source »

...style businessman often urged his workers to vote-the way he wanted them to. The new trend in business is to urge employees to take a more active role in the political party of their choice-even when that choice makes the boss gag. Last week, with the approval of the U.A.W., Ford Motor Co. sent letters to some 152,000 employees urging them to make political contributions through the company under a plan that guaranteed secrecy for the donor. Ford will pass out two envelopes to each worker, one with spaces for checking his choice of either Republican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Politics at Ford | 5/16/1960 | See Source »

...Garry Moore, as usual, who clinched the show. Whether he was acting "a nice Arthur Godfrey," a wide-awake Perry Como, or the aging kid next door, Moore's casual, easy humor made everything come off-from a far-out science-fiction skit to a split-second gag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Giant Killer | 2/29/1960 | See Source »

Roman Candle is one of those mechanized gag-farces that, along with a few good gags, are full of forced plot twists and vaudeville turns, broken-down scene writing and fruitless inventions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays on Broadway, Feb. 15, 1960 | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

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