Word: lincolnisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This is a very different matter from the "strong" Cabinet of Lincoln's day, which included powerful, independent politicians to whom the President had to sell his policies. On the other hand, it is a far cry from the weak position of the Cabinet under recent Presidents, especially under Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. Says an old Washington hand: "In Roosevelt-Truman days, a sure way to get an idea killed was to bring it up at a Cabinet meeting. Any important new plans were taken up with the President privately. If a Cabinet officer brought them...
Among the Ford family the car was known as "Billy's toy." This week young (30) William Clay Ford rolled his toy out for all the world to see. It is the Ford Motor Co.'s Continental Mark II, the 1956 version of the classic Lincoln Continental, which many car buffs consider the best-looking U.S. car ever designed. With his toy, Billy Ford hopes to race past Cadillac and take over as builder of the nation's No. 1 prestige car. Price of the Continental...
JOHN C. KELLEY Lincoln...
American Adventure (Thurs. 8:30 p.m., NBC). Appointment at Ford's: the story of Lincoln's assassination...
...Judges are but men and man's most piercing discernment of the future," the eminent judge said, "cannot see very far beyond his day, even when guided by the prophet's insight and the compassionate humility of a Lincoln...