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...working majorities in both the Senate (up from 2 to 28) and in the House (up from 235 to 281). So Democrat Johnson, 48 hours after the count, stepped forth with a program for liberal expansion of federal spending and power by the 86th Congress. " Lyndon doesn't lean with the wind," cracked an admiring Senate colleague. "He leans ahead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Ahead of the Wind | 11/17/1958 | See Source »

Harris suggests that this will lessen the burden that immediate repayment imposes on graduates during the first lean years in their vocations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harris Finds Support For Finance Plan | 11/14/1958 | See Source »

...lean, balding Englishman with a "British Cake and Oil Mills Ltd." tag on his vest pocket takes a sip of coffee and smiles. "Now we've been getting along fine with our trade unions for years. If a man wants to join a union, and it's in his interest to do so, we let him go right ahead. A "Right to Work" law would be absurd in Britain." A Californian manufacturer behind him overhears, turns around, and the pair are soon in eager debate over their coffee cups...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: The Organization Man Goes To College | 11/12/1958 | See Source »

Usually, the AMP knows a great deal about one area and little about the others, and in order to be promoted he must be familiar with all. "I lean toward production," said...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: The Organization Man Goes To College | 11/12/1958 | See Source »

Tobias Schneebaum. tall (6 ft.), lean and brown, took a deep breath, brought the mallet smashing down on the rock placed on the fakir's chest. An appreciative cheer rose from the Peruvian natives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Call of the Jungle | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

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