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...greatest addition to this country that has ever been made. They tried to impeach him for that, said Harry Truman, if he remembered correctly. Then there was a gentleman by the name of Tyler who agreed to annex Texas. And there were other gentlemen by the names of Polk, Lincoln and Roosevelt who exercised their powers to meet emergencies...
...Zachary Taylor was a professional soldier who had never voted. Franklin Pierce, who beat Winfield Scott, was a citizen-soldier like Harry Truman, but his war record was not nearly so good as Truman's. He enlisted as a private in the Mexican War, and President Polk, an old friend, promptly promoted him to brigadier-general. Pierce fell off his horse, sprained his knee and fainted at the battle of Contreras, fainted again the next day at the battle of Churubusco. No less a writer than Nathaniel Hawthorne (another old friend) said this showed how America's battles...
When the Blue defensive eleven tired, several gaps showed. The ends were very turnable. The middle of the line fell apart before Kazmaier and fullback Russ McNeil. On passes, McPhee constantly outwitted Jerry Conway and Lou Polk of the weaker right side of Yale's defensive backfield...
...first formal relations between the U.S. and the Vatican were established in 1848, when President James Polk sent Jacob L. Martin, a convert to Catholicism, to Rome as charge d'affaires. At that time the Papal States controlled 16,000 square miles, compared to the Vatican's present 108.8 acres. Twenty years later, the diplomatic era which began with Jacob Martin came to an abrupt halt. Because of Protestant criticism of the mission, Congress cut off the funds, and Resident Minister Rufus King * came home from Rome...
Last week Manhattan's Overseas Press Club dealt out its annual awards, coveted because they are the kudos of working newsmen. With a tactful sense of discrimination, it gave Homer Bigart its citation for the "best consistent press reporting from abroad." To Maggie Higgins went the George Polk Memorial Award (plus $500 provided by CBS) for "courage, integrity and enterprise above and beyond the call of duty." Other awards: ¶General war reporting, A.P.'s Hal Boyle. ¶Foreign-news interpretation, the New York Times's James Reston. ¶Radio & TV interpretation, CBS's Ed Murrow...