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Newspapers rallied to the commissioner, forgave him his transgression for being overtired, and left hapless Bob Wagner with his ultimatum running out. At the last minute, former Senator Herbert H. Lehman, a fellow Democrat and patriarch of New York Jewry, offered a solution. He praised Commissioner Kennedy as a man...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: The Mayor & the Commissioner | 10/3/1960 | See Source »

Health Service physicians emphasized that chances of contracting the disease are a matter of "individual susceptibility," and that "a person who is run down or overtired would be more likely to be affected by the bacillus."

Author: By Alan H. Grossman, | Title: Two Cases of TB Reported At University | 5/28/1957 | See Source »

In the third quarter of his race, Dodds fell two seconds short of his planned time, but still nobody was near him. His old rival, Leslie MacMitchell, had won a 4:17.2 mile the night before and was obviously overtired. Dodds broke the tape 35 yards in front of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Preacher's Comeback | 2/3/1947 | See Source »

Here, decided journalists, was an elixir of intelligence. Idiocy, in their thoughtless declarations, was now curable. Dr. Steinach last week emphatically assured the world that it was not an elixir of intelligence, but might be called an elixir "of temperament, because it is a natural stimulant." It restores overworked and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Brain Juice | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

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