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Personality: Burke is a sturdy man (5 ft. 11 in., 200 Ibs.) with a deceptively easy smile and a soft voice. At home in Washington with his wife (they have no children), he likes torelax with a curved pipe, tweed jacket, a drink and a book. (His latest: Hadrian's Memoirs.} Actually, he gets little chance to relax. During his last tour in Washington, he read reports and ate hot dogs at his desk during his lunch hour, telephoned aides any time between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. Like all blue-water sailormen, he is at his best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: AN ADMIRAL'S 31-KNOT CAREER | 6/6/1955 | See Source »

...Anything you mention around here is the thousands. It would be too costly and impractical to keep track of all the pipe, lumber, and other materials we use," explains Cecil A. Roberts, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds. Thus, while maintenance crews record the supplies they use on individual jobs, the central office does not tally the totals from the forms turned in each...

Author: By Lewis M. Steel, | Title: Buildings and Grounds: A Key for Every Door | 6/3/1955 | See Source »

Every field of maintenance necessary to run and improve the physical make-up of the University is represented in the Memorial Drive building. From the basement to the third floor, separate shops handle painting; upholstery, shades and furniture; refrigeration; pipe and plumbing; roofing...

Author: By Lewis M. Steel, | Title: Buildings and Grounds: A Key for Every Door | 6/3/1955 | See Source »

Attlee." As usual, his words were unexciting but got their emphasis from a certain waspishness of voice. Of the Big Four meeting: "We are all glad to see this rather delayed improvement . . ." "Clem," summed up one old party man, "is the greatest asset we have." A pipe-smoking, Christian, suburban respectability is his appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: On the Hustings | 5/23/1955 | See Source »

...Your Struggles Are Over." Stores in Los Angeles and Dallas have set up Crockett clubs, marked off special Davy Crockett sections where youngsters can find everything from a Davy Crockett peace pipe (98?) to a complete Davy Crockett outfit with rifle, powder horn, cap, etc. ($7.98); a Davy Crockett guitar costs $4.98 extra. Denver's May Co. advertises a Davy Crockett bath towel, with this pitch to mothers: "Your bathtime struggles are over . . . They'll run to use Davy Crockett towels." Davy Crock-etteer Fess Parker, who stars in Disney's TV series, has already endorsed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Wild Frontier | 5/23/1955 | See Source »

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