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...cell came to a decision: Marty is "no longer fit to be a member of the party." In Washington, Senator Joe McCarthy was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with four gold stars (accompanied by six citations signed by Secretary of the Navy Dan Kimball) for "heroism and extraordinary achievement" as. a Marine intelligence officer in World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 5, 1953 | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

Pageant & Comedy. Ward shines in historical set-pieces: the pageantry of Burgoyne surrendering to Gates, the high comedy of the Hessians caught drunk and disheveled the day after Christmas in Trenton, the heroism of Benedict Arnold's almost successful march on Quebec. Ward tells what the soldiers ate. how discipline was enforced, which side did the better scouting. Most of the time, he concludes, the British outgeneraled and outfought the Americans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Battles for Freedom | 12/29/1952 | See Source »

Excepts from Haydn's Pieces for Musical Clock came as a refreshing surprise. Originally written for a glorified music box, these bits of whimsy sound excellent can the organ. I especially enjoyed the mock heroism of the march, and the naive little fugue which concluded the group...

Author: By Lawrence R. Casler, | Title: Harvard Organ Society | 12/16/1952 | See Source »

ROBERT M. CRANE, 35, Episcopalian; mortally wounded by enemy shellfire on March 11, 1952. He was awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster (in lieu of a second Bronze Star) for heroism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Chaplains Courageous | 12/1/1952 | See Source »

...Heroism and showmanship will not give us the necessary instruments to fight the enemy we face today," the Atlanta Daily World's William Gordon commented. "We need the leadership which will deal with current problems on a purely scientific, and not emotional basis. To me Stevenson represents this leadership...

Author: By David C. D. rogers, | Title: Ten Niemans Dislike Ike, Bolt Newsprint Line | 11/4/1952 | See Source »

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