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...last out the third one." To mark Andrew Jackson's 200th birthday, the Johnsons breakfasted at the Hermitage, later visited the home of James Polk, a President whose name often gets lost in the jumble between Jackson and Lincoln but who turned the U.S. into a conti nent-spanning nation by acquiring territory now comprising Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, California and parts of Colorado and Wyoming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Fighting the Other War | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

Rough Road. Despite the rebound, Britain's economy faces a rough road this summer. British tourists will soon begin their annual exodus abroad, cut ting into Britain's reserves as they eat and drink their way across the Conti nent. A bigger worry to Britain's money managers, however, is the extent to which the country's reserves will be drained by its staunchest foreign allies in the monetary battles-the nations of the sterling area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Sterling Signs: Good & Bad | 6/11/1965 | See Source »

Foster scored a reverse after his oppo- nent, Steve Smethurst, had taken him down in the first period. In the second period, two escapes offset a Smethurst takedown. In the final period, Smethurst escaped after Foster had ridden him for most of the period to pile up the needed time advantage to gain the draw...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Track Team Defeats Dartmouth; Quintet, Wrestlers Lose | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

Military policy ought to be getting ready for Phase II now. It is not. We do not have priority systems. [Top priorities should be:] 1) the NATO Atomic-Air, 2) the Air Defense of the North American Conti nent and the NATO area generally, 3) the ground, sea and non-atomic Air which the United States should contribute to NATO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: JUDGMENTS & PROPHECIES | 9/27/1954 | See Source »

...when California's little William Johnston defeated Frank Hunter. WTood, who divides his time between New York and California, justified comparison with Johnston. Slight, delicate, with big forearms and incongruous stamina, he plays a heady game, often loses a set or two while experimenting with his oppo nent's weaknesses. As was Johnston's, his best shot is his forehand though until this year it was so undependable that he made j a habit of borrowing his friends' rackets, taking lessons, practicing against a wall when the trick deserted him. Two of his uncles are Watson Washburn, 19 21 Davis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wimbledon | 7/13/1931 | See Source »

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