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Shoes & Glass. Studious Joe Sugar, busy at his homework chores in the quiet of the library basement, did not show up. But the crowd grew, moved on to Blair Arch, a traditional rallying point, and spilled into the streets of the town. More than 1,000 strong, it yelled its way down Nassau Street, exploded a few more firecrackers, sent a task force to storm the Garden Theatre and broke up the show. By the time the mob reached Hulit's shoe-store, it had been joined by Tad D. Hammond, who is as prominent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Rites of Spring | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

Cottage Cheese & Homework. When she took office as history's second woman Cabinet member, Oveta Hobby announced that her title would be Mrs. Secretary.* Then she settled down to the massive task of learning her job. She works six days a week (with time off every Saturday afternoon for a hairdo at Elizabeth Arden's). Her day begins at 6:30 a.m. with a thorough perusal of the newspapers, and she arrives at the office a little after 9. As a rule, work continues through lunch (invariably cottage cheese or fruit salads), with Mrs. Secretary issuing orders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Lady in Command | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

...addition, the Department plans to conduct a poll of the 700-800 students studying Romance Languages in mid-April to uncover new suggestions for improvements. Judging from student complaints, said Politzer, class time is largely spent correcting homework thus forcing the student to teach himself at home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dept. to Cut Oral Language Classes | 3/24/1953 | See Source »

...Homework. In Oklahoma City, as Detective L. L. Filson took down the description of a fugitive on his home telephone, he glanced out the window and saw the fugitive walking by, stepped out the front door and arrested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 23, 1953 | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

Since the day he was sworn in, Brownell has been working seven days and seven evenings a week and holding daily luncheon conferences with his staff. On a recent weekend, his homework was studying the case of Atom Spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, to determine whether he should recommend, clemency or reject their plea. The new man at Justice takes his job very seriously. Said he: "I feel strongly that the Department of Justice is a keystone of the Republic. If it fails, all that our youth has fought to preserve crumbles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Cleanup Man | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

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