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...NATO was without form, and void; so was created SACEUR. Alone in the darkness, SACEUR was joined by SUSREP-NADPB, CINCNELM and EB. Soon the firmament radiated JAMAG, MAPAG, MAAG and CPUBINFO and there was Light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: Alphabet Soup | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

...Chief U.S. Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean? Whether a man was a MRS (Military Representative Standing Group) or a FLAGCENT (Flag Officer Central Europe), he was expected to know the difference between JAMAG (Joint American Military Assistance Group), MAPAG (Military Assistance Program Advisory Group) and the numerous MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Groups). There were hazards. A U.S. Navy officer, puzzled at being assigned to Strategic Air Command, Europe, found that a clerk had mis-deciphered his anagram according to an earlier official list, that he was actually assigned to SACEUR, that is, Ike. Any CPUBINFO could have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: Alphabet Soup | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

When Evan Llewelyn Evans, Beautee Soap tycoon, walked into conference, executives trembled and secretaries swooned. When Vic Norman took the dreaded job of handling Beautee's radio commercials for the firm of Kimberly and Maag, despotic Mr. Evans put on one of his most impressive acts. First, he spat on the conference table-to illustrate to Vic that no matter how disgusting a radio commercial may be, it's O.K. if it hits the spot. Then he emptied a carafe of water over the table (drenching the knocking knees of several hirelings)-to illustrate that any other kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Beautee & the Beast | 6/3/1946 | See Source »

Ulcers & Oedipus. Cynical Vic Norman-whose motto was: "If a thing is not worth doing at all, it's not worth doing well"-soon discovered that life with Kimberly and Maag was the nearest thing to hell on earth. In the rare intervals when he was not being Evans-ridden, desperate Partner Kimberly, who is The Hucksters' most enjoyable character, frenziedly dulled his stomach ulcers with benzedrine, double-Scotches, expensive prostitutes, and psychiatrists. "My psychiatrist tells me I'm a sex-maniac," he told Vic sadly; "but I told him that I doubted if bulls and rabbits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Beautee & the Beast | 6/3/1946 | See Source »

Escape. In Marion, Ohio, a pheasant flew through Motorist Fred Maag's windshield, a bee darted through the opening, Maag overturned the car while fighting off the bee. Maag climbed out of the wreckage uncut, unscratched, unstung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 22, 1942 | 6/22/1942 | See Source »

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