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...ideas and organization, they find the going tougher. But authoritative Mexican sources today give them half a million followers, 135,000 votes. Along with the more sophisticated, city-educated Acción Nacional, they add up to a potent conservative force. If the official P.R.I, should ever lose its grip, they might well rule Mexico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Party of the Right | 6/21/1948 | See Source »

Washington's George Marshall, vacationing in Sun Valley, Idaho, saw brief action in the daily softball game. Getting a good grip on his lip (see cut), he took his cut from an open southpaw stance, grounded out to the pitcher in the first inning, then sat out the rest of the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jun. 14, 1948 | 6/14/1948 | See Source »

...punish Chep Morrison, Earl would cut New Orleans' sales tax from 2% to 1% (an annual reduction of $4,500,000) thereby crippling all city services from garbage collection to law enforcement. Just to make sure of his grip on New Orleans' police and fire departments, Earl planned to dominate them through an eleven-man board consisting of the mayor, his commissioner of public safety and nine Long henchmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOUISIANA: Just Like Huey | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

...looked healthily pink. As usual, his tie was knotted at half mast on his high, stiff collar. Ramrod straight, he stood 6 ft. 1 in. and shook hands with a lumberjack's grip. Being in the upper division again after all these years looked like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Is Connie Kidding? | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

Said the American "cultural workers": "We want to share responsibility with you . . . Our enemies will see that our international solidarity for peace and democracy stands firm against their frantic writhing and thrashing. On this May Day we grip your hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: We Grip Your Hand | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

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