Word: lincolnisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nearing his sixth anniversary in office, and he had something to say about it. Several of his predecessors, said History Student Truman, had suffered at the hands of the press of their day, Washington most of all. But they had still found their niche in history. Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln and Cleveland had won recognition. Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt would find their places, too. For himself, said Harry Truman fervently, he only hoped when the history books were finally written that he would be remembered as an apostle of peace who had helped to prevent World...
Illinois' Senator Paul Douglas was having no part of a presidential poll that made him a leading favorite of Democratic party leaders if Harry Truman decided not to run (TIME, March 19). The job, he said, requires "the brooding qualities of Lincoln, the philosophic depth of Jefferson, the sturdiness of Cleveland and the daring of Franklin Roosevelt. He needs the patience of Job and must have the physique of a Sandow." Douglas figured that he worried too much, probably would not live a month under the nervous strain...
...mileage and efficiency from their fuel. Every major U.S. make, except Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac, was represented. At journey's end, about 21 driving hours later, the cars had traveled from 280 feet below sea level to 7,005 feet above, had covered 840 miles. The winner: a Lincoln sedan, with 66.484 ton-miles per gallon (weight of car and passengers in tons, multiplied by miles, divided by gallons of gasoline consumed). Top places in actual miles per gallon: the six-cylinder Nash Rambler (31.053); the four-cylinder Henry J (30.109); the six-cylinder Henry...
...rest of the field, with actual mileage per gallon: Studebaker Commander, 28.001; Studebaker Land Cruiser, 27.644; Willys Jeepster Four, 26.769; Nash Statesman, 26.122; Ford Eight, 25.994; Mercury, 25.945; Ford Six, 25.915; Lincoln, 25.448; Willys Jeepster Six, 24.973; Nash Ambassador, 24.926; Kaiser Deluxe, 24.713; Plymouth Concord, 24.145; Plymouth Cranbrook, 22.990; Hudson Hornet Six, 22.623; Chevrolet Styleline, 22.041; Packard 200, 22.023; Cadillac 60 Special, 21.979; Cadillac 61, 21.719; De Soto Deluxe, 21.622; Cadillac 62, 21.531; Chrysler Imperial, 21.178; Packard 300, 20.941; Chrysler Windsor, 20.886; De Soto Custom, 19.921; Cadillac 75, 19.869; Hudson Commodore Custom Six, 19.950; Chrysler Crown Imperial, 19.208; Lincoln Cosmopolitan...
They're off, and some will be running this afternoon when the New England racing scene opens at little old Lincoln Downs in Providence...