Word: isn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...political logic behind Taft's New Hampshire decision: he has much to gain there, and little to lose. If he scores a dramatic upset and runs ahead of Eisenhower, the Ike boom-especially the argument that Ike is a Winner and Taft isn't-will be dealt a critical blow. If he runs close behind Ike, he can claim a moral victory. Taft would be seriously hurt if he ran third, behind Eisenhower and Harold Stassen, who also entered the race last week. The Ohio Senator was willing to gamble on that possibility. "Win, lose or draw," said...
...flower-decked hotel bedroom in Nice, Colette, aging French novelist and short story writer (Gigi, La Maison de Claudine), sipped champagne, read some Maupassant and made a 79th birthday decision: "It isn't particularly funny to learn all at once upon waking up that one is entering one's 80s. But tomorrow I will forget and give myself another age, 58 for instance, because I have remained so much a woman. At 58 one still pleases ... at 58 one has so much hope...
...real leaders of the state aren't for him--just a couple of fellows who happen to be Senators. In fact, legally and technically, Taft is the only candidate. The other guy's name isn't even on the ballot...
...Love isn't born, it's made. And that's why every window...
...which has been roasting Winchell in a series of articles (TIME, Jan. 21), forthwith announced that it was postponing publication of the last six installments of the series. Said the Post: "We believe in the old journalistic principle that a newspaper should not argue with a man while he isn't in a position to answer back...