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...Stevenson unite in recommending to our country less of arrogance and more of humility in dealing with our sister nations, it was inevitable that TIME . . . would disapprove, and refer to their books as "so bad." Losing TIME's approval, they may be consoled by the reflection that Solomon, Isaiah, Paul and Jesus gave similar counsel to an unheeding world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 22, 1954 | 11/22/1954 | See Source »

...Senate, flicked some ashes from a cork-tipped cigarette, scanned the roomful of Washington newsmen and spoke softly. "My daddy," said Johnson, "got all of us kids around the table at home when there was a decision to be made. He'd start off with words from Isaiah- 'Come now, and let us reason together.' " The advice that was good for the five little Johnsons, suggested Lyndon, would well serve both Democrats and Republicans for the next two years. Down Pennsylvania Avenue, President Eisenhower also extended the hand of friendship, saying: "If there are any roadblocks thrown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The 84th's Temper | 11/15/1954 | See Source »

Seraphim, according to Holy Writ, are members of a high angelic order who function as messengers of the Kingdom of Heaven. In Isaiah's vision they had three sets of wings, the better to aid them in their flights through space and eternity. and they traveled with the speed of light. On earth last week, a sort of human seraph was buzzing around the planet at a fabulous rate for a messenger tied to mere aircraft. In less than a fortnight he had: munched mangoes in Manila with President Magsaysay; lunched in London with Winston Churchill: held high-level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Seraph of Foggy Bottom | 9/27/1954 | See Source »

...halls of the First Methodist Church in Evanston, Ill. this week for a service the like of which the world has never seen before. In the processional marched 700 priests and patriarchs, bishops and archbishops, ministers and laymen. The Rev. Dr. Marc Boegner of France read the First Lesson (Isaiah 53) in French. Archbishop Athenagoras, Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, read the Second Lesson (Philippians 2:1-11) in Greek. Bishop Eivind Berggrav of Norway led the recitation of the Apostles' Creed in German. The Rt. Rev. G.K.A. Bell, Bishop of Chichester, offered the prayers in English...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: To Stay Together | 8/23/1954 | See Source »

Downcast, he takes consolation in politics under the tutelage of a wonderful figure of fun, an editorial bull-roarer called Camacho, from whose lips "anathemas were springing . . . as from the lips of Isaiah; the triumphal palms were turning green in his hands. Every gesture seemed a principle. When he opened his arms, striking the air, it was as though an entire program were unfolding." Rubião, the gullible incomepoop, throws good money after bad journalism, and begins to dream of a seat in the Chamber of Deputies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tatters of Reality | 7/26/1954 | See Source »

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