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...successful diplomat? Says Machiavelli: he must have "little regard for good faith and be able, by astuteness, to confuse men's brains and ultimately overcome those who have made loyalty their foundation." Says Talleyrand: "Above all, not too much zeal!" Says the U.S.'s John (Open Door) Hay, Secretary of State from 1898 to 1905: "There are three species of creatures who, when they seem coming are going, when they seem going, they come: diplomats, women and crabs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: What Is a Diplomat? | 8/19/1957 | See Source »

...Said Harry Truman to reporters after death of Franklin Roosevelt, "I don't know if any of you fellows ever had a load of hay or a bull fall on him. But last night the whole weight of the moon and the stars fell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Here Comes Charley | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

Windfall. In Harbor Springs, Mich., the chamber of commerce, pushing the town as a pollen-free haven for hay-fever sufferers, offered schoolboys a dime a pound for any ragweed they could find, backed down hurriedly when youngsters hauled in a 1,400-lb. wagonload...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 5, 1957 | 8/5/1957 | See Source »

...government, with pictures of Warsaw's Russian-built "Palace of Culture." The new attitude towards the party was summed up by an ancient pitchfork-brandishing farmer: "I'm my own boss now and when some party man comes out to tell me to go out to rake hay for the nation, I have a big needle for his back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: The Farmer Goes West | 7/8/1957 | See Source »

...Hay Ejector. A hay-bale ejector that can be attached to standard balers was put on sale by Deere & Co. Operated by one man, the ejector takes each bale as it conies out of the press, heaves it eight feet into the air and into a wagon coupled behind the baler. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Jul. 8, 1957 | 7/8/1957 | See Source »

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