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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John Sherman Cooper and Thruston Morton. All four recommended Gluck, a heavy contributor to Republican campaign chests, to the Eisenhower Administration. Big campaign contributions will not get a Government post, but they may-under the Republicans as well as the Democrats-get a man's name on a list of possibilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Knight of the Bald Iggle | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

...second man on the list got the necessary majority. Malaya's new ruler will be Tuanku Abdul Rahman, of the Malayan state of Negri Sembilan. This is sure to cause endless confusion, because the present Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaya is also named Abdul Rahman, and will continue in office as Prime Minister after independence. The name is a common one in Malaya, and they are not related. When both were law students in London, friends had difficulty with their honorifics-the newly elected Paramount Ruler is Tuanku (applied only to rulers and sometimes their eldest sons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MALAYA: The Sultans Select | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

Millions of Americans also quicken to the glamour of business as described in countless TV shows, movies, novels and magazine stories that draw drama from the roar of the blast furnace or the power play in the executive suite. There is room on the bestseller list for a socio-economic study-The Organization Man, Judd Saxon, a comic strip based on business, runs in 160 newspapers. Yet, as Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Vice President Leland Hazard complained last week: "The daily press just doesn't seem to be set up to look in depth into business problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Behind the Handout | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

...growing list of male garb appropriated by feminine fashion (oxford shirts, cut-down chinos, cuff links), something new has been added. Perched on pretty heads all along the East Coast, the man's straw is this summer's last word. Sales of the soft straws, reported conservative Brooks Brothers, have been "amazing." Said a pert teen-ager at Long Island's Southampton: "This year you're behind the times unless you're wearing a soft straw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHION: Straws in the Wind | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

...thinks, is wrong with the ship's ventilating gear; by some acoustic or electrical freak, he hears conversations, snatches of music, and a dog snuffling in the night. Then he somehow listens to an obscene lecture on sex by some evangelical clergyman (though none appears on the passenger list). New voices make themselves heard. They become menacing and are well-informed on Pinfold's private affairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Self-inflicted Satire | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

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