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Twentieth century Washington hostesses wielded such political power that they achieved wider public acclaim. Perle Mesta, known as "the hostess with the mostest," became Harry Truman's ambassador to Luxembourg, the inspiration for the Irving Berlin musical Call Me Madam and the subject of a 1949 cover story in this magazine. Bill Clinton posted Pamela Harriman as his ambassador to France. It was the least the President could do for a woman who used her talent for entertaining, and her husband's money, to bring fractious Democrats together in the 1980s, eventually uniting them behind the young Governor of Arkansas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dinner-Party Diplomacy | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...ready to join the ranks of John Adams, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Hillary Duff (extension). You are now part of the Elite. But for the uncertain amongst you, rest assured that Harvard is indeed the only university worth your consideration. It should not surprise you that Harvard is the mostest, bestest, well endowed institution in the nation. Our long history and upstanding tradition of perfection leave us miles ahead of the competition. (Or at least several inches). Our vast financial resources are only the beginning. Harvard has a forest. We also have a glacier. Unlike most other glaciers, the Harvard...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Your Red Folder’s Warning Label | 4/21/2006 | See Source »

...justify the way they fight, U.S. Military Officers are fond of quoting Confederate general Nathan Forrest's admonition to "git thar fustest with the mostest." But increasingly, even Army generals agree they have been emphasizing the "mostest" at the expense of the "fustest." The Army has a cold war hangover: the war machines of a U.S. armored division tip the scales at 300,000 tons. It took the molasses-like movement of the Army's AH-64 Apache helicopters to Albania during last year's Kosovo conflict to make planners publicly admit this is no way to fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will Be The Weapons Of The Future? | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

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