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Hertzog's hotheaded career carried him to the South African heights. He was Prime Minister for 18 years before World War II. But the day after Britain declared war, the old Hertzog-Smuts battle began again in the House of Assembly. Smuts pleaded, "Stand by Britain." Hertzog blundered. He...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Comeback Cancelled | 11/30/1942 | See Source »

A hotheaded, crusading editorialist, Publisher Allen has long used his newspaper as a sounding board for Mexico's case. More than once the State Department has used him as a sort of unofficial ambassador and border listening post. He has acted as guide to such visiting dignitaries as Vice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Conquest of Mexico | 11/2/1942 | See Source »

Bossed. Boss of all this size, wealth and glamor, as top man of West Coast boilermakers, is squarejawed, hotheaded Thomas John Crowe, 47, IBBMISBWHA's Pacific Coast international representative. He started as an apprentice at 13, earning 10? an hour heating rivets at Parsons, Kans., and has climbed the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: The Rise of IBBMISBWHA | 10/19/1942 | See Source »

The Real Ride. The one thing everybody knows about Paul Revere is his ride. But Biographer Forbes can only nod affectionately towards Longfellow's ballad. The Paul Revere who roused the Middlesex village and farms was no hotheaded youth, but a stocky family man of 40. Neither did he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Early American | 6/29/1942 | See Source »

> Hotheaded citizens showered a barrage of telephone calls on bewildered desk sergeants.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Onions to You, No. 590 | 6/8/1942 | See Source »

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