Word: movers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Half a continent away in Bonham, Texas, at the same time, another Washington prime mover was also scrutinizing the near future. From where he stood, Sam Rayburn could see in it a Democratic Congress and another term (his ninth) as Speaker of the House. But he saw as well something of the same aims and ends that motivated Dwight Eisenhower. Therefore, said Mr. Sam, there will not be "bad blood" between the President and the new Congress. "We're not going to hate Eisenhower bad enough for us to change our principles...
...Jimmy Brown, 22, is already within a whisker of topping the all-time pro records for touchdowns (18) and total rushing yardage (1.146) set by Philadelphia's Steve Van Buren in the 19403. In six games Brown has piled up 15 touchdowns, gained 928 yards, been the prime mover in the Cleveland Browns' try for their eighth division championship in nine years...
Cleaning Up. Republic has lent $1 billion to finance oil drilling, more than any Southwest bank. Florence was a chief mover in bringing Temco Aircraft to Dallas, which in turn helped persuade Chance-Vought to come. He also helped organize Lone Star Steel Co., biggest in Texas. Partly to persuade big Texas borrowers that it was no longer necessary to go to New York, Florence gave Republic the most impressive face in Dallas-a $25 million, 40-story building sheathed in aluminum. The skyscraper has acted as a magnet to bring Dallas such other structures as the new Hotel Statler...
...seeking a portrait of a great statesman, a national or international prime mover. What we are seeking is a close, fast-moving picture of a man essentially doing what he is supposed to do, under the Constitution, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives: representing the people of his district and, as a byproduct of that, trying to get himself re-elected." So wrote TIME Associate Editor Champ Clark early this month to TIME Detroit Bureau Chief Marshall Berges, as he outlined the reporting requirements for this week's cover story on Michigan Congressman Charles Chamberlain. Writer...
...official capacity, Milton Eisenhower has been a prime mover on President Eisenhower's three-member Advisory Committee on Government Reorganization. Among its achievements: creation of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Small Business Administration, the U.S. Information Agency and the Airways Modernization Board. In his trips to South and Central America, he has served as the President's eyes and ears in a critical area. "In the long view," wrote Milton in a 1953 report that has since become the foundation of Latin American policy, "economic cooperation, extended to help the people of Latin America raise...