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Like a small, patient elephant, he stood there as they watched him, conscious of being the center of a crowded, shoulder-packed stare. He was short, squat, had on a brown, well-cut suit, two Red orders on the handkerchief pocket, and he held a glass of what appeared to be grapefruit juice. Now and then he would whisper conspiratorially to Bulganin or laugh over his shoulder to Mikoyan or talk with proper gravity to the beaming Egyptian War Minister. I elbowed my way in like a diplomat and began working with two cameras strung around my neck. Good-humoredly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: COCKTAIL DIPLOMACY | 11/25/1957 | See Source »

...double-breasted suit and top coat and blue knit tie, with horn-rimmed glasses and a black scarf. He arrived in a rush, and delivered an interview standing in the center of the room, pausing in his remarks only for a sporadic swipe at the glasses with a white handkerchief...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: The Moral Issue | 11/13/1957 | See Source »

...pleasantly to Lee about birds and animals, said his name was Bob. Suddenly the man clapped his hand over Lee's mouth, warned him to "be quiet and don't make any noise because I don't want to hurt you." The kidnaper stuffed a lace handkerchief into Lee's mouth, then tied another around his face. The boy was then led to the car, shoved into the trunk-which, Lee noted, had holes punched in the lid-and carried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WASHINGTON: Tale of the New West | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

...vaccination program going. Only one firm is now making vaccine, and none is yet available. Whatever is produced will go to doctors and nurses. The government pooh-poohs the flu and the Health Ministry offered mostly slogans: "Coughs and sneezes spread diseases-trap the germs in your handkerchief." Jabbed the Daily Herald in reply: "We need some American-style hustle instead of this ministerial sleeping sickness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Asian Flu, British Style | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

...trial in City Judge Doyle's court, his eight-year-old daughter standing beside him began to cry, anguished by the spectacle of her father at bay. The man saw the child's distress, reached out one hand and smoothed down her blonde bangs, pulled out a handkerchief and began to mop her eyes. Suddenly a look of pain broke across his face. "I didn't go out there to cause any trouble," he blurted. He too burst into tears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Battle of Nashville | 9/23/1957 | See Source »

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