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...hostility ranged in degree. Michigan's Homer Ferguson and California's William Knowland were not really happy about the nomination. Nevada's crusty Democrat, Pat McCarran, joined the GOP opposition; Bohlen's link with Yalta, he said, is "enough for me." Ohio's Robert Taft, in his role of Republican pacifier, thought the Moscow ambassadorship not important enough for a big intraparty battle. "Our Russian ambassador can't do anything. He is in a box at Moscow. All he can do is observe and report. He will not influence policy materially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Persona Grata? | 3/23/1953 | See Source »

Both Sides (Sun. 1:30 p.m., ABC). A new forum show: Senators Hubert Humphrey and Homer Ferguson discuss "Peace, When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Mar. 16, 1953 | 3/16/1953 | See Source »

...have complained about ticks since Homer's time. The worst thing they do is spread disease, but even this trait is not always considered a disservice. Certain death-dealing ticks of Madagascar are encouraged to live in native villages. The local people become immune to their bites, and their presence discourages raiders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: In Praise of Ticks | 3/16/1953 | See Source »

...Appoint Homer Ferguson assistant floor leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs,INTERNATIONAL & FOREIGN,OBIT: Ring In the New | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

...present revival, if a dubious choice, takes a daring form. Love's Labour is offered as an elegant Edwardian frolic, half satiric comedy, half court masque. Alexander Pope was told of his translation of the Iliad: "A very pretty poem, Mr. Pope, but you must not call it Homer." Perhaps the City Center should not call this Shakespeare; perhaps the audience even puts up with the play for the sake of the props. But in any case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Old Play in Manhattan, Feb. 16, 1953 | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

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