Word: gunthers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Congress movement, Rangaswami joined the New Delhi bureau seven years ago as a stenographer and interpreter, gradually became indispensable and was raised to full-correspondent status two years ago. Much in demand as guide and interpreter for traveling U.S. correspondents and authors, he has shepherded such visitors as John Gunther, Vincent Sheean. Margaret Bourke-White and David Douglas Duncan, who knew him by reputation and looked him up on their brief passages through India. These diverse and highly individualistic types have failed to give him a clear idea of the "typical American." In fact, says Rangaswami, those mysterious Westerners still...
Politics & War. Election year brought the usual flutter of campaign quickies. John Gunther's superficial Eisenhower might well have been called Outside Ike; the books on Adlai Stevenson were competent profiles at best. None of them did startlingly well. A curious, garishly illustrated hodgepodge of miscellaneous Trumaniana called Mr. President-its publication had been encouraged by Harry as a kind of farewell gesture-passed the 100,000 mark...
Mercury's editors Martin Greenberg, 34, and Gunther Stuhlmann, 26, resigned. Said their joint statement: "It had been our understanding that the magazine would strive to represent dynamic and sophisticated conservatism-in Mencken's words, 'Tory, but civilized Tory'-and that was the direction in which we sought to guide it." But in view of [Maguire's] lack of sympathy [with these views], we feel it impossible to continue...
...What, Old Top?" The amazing thing is that this "formidable old crustacean," as John Gunther dubbed him, survived the war in Washington. King started by disliking General George Marshall, his opposite number in the Army, though he later found much to admire in him. He bucked Secretary Frank Knox. He distrusted and openly fought Secretary Forrestal. He was proud to find himself a minority of one at an allied conference-"King contra mundum...
...women connected with I.P.R. and involved by evidence in pro-Communist activities were out of reach (abroad, dead, in hiding, etc,) of subpoena. Included: Gunther Stein, Agnes Smedley, Andrew Roth...