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...millions of Americans who deplore and despise Senator McCarthy want to understand the millions who admire McCarthy, "despite his methods," they could ponder McCarthy's record of the week. The bully-boy manners, the sneer and the smear are conspicuous in the record. But alongside such trademarks of the McCarthy operation there was also the record of a week packed with investigative achievement. McCarthy scored heavily, and some of his points were of real and current importance. Among them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: One Man's Army | 3/1/1954 | See Source »

...occasion of his election as president of the National Press Club. As an "elected official," Ike wrote, Vaccaro must realize that the members would demand a program for reducing dues while balancing the club budget and providing bigger and better meals at lower prices. Vaccaro would have to ponder on how to do this. "If you find out," Ike wistfully concluded, "please let me know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Going Strong | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

...late fall of 1762 seven stern-faced Puritans gathered in the drafty study of President Holyoke's house to ponder a recent rash of "frivolity" fast spreading through the Yard. After an hour of heated discourse the Corporation unanimously ruled...

Author: By J. ANTHONY Lukas, | Title: Harvard Theater: Puritans in Greasepaint | 12/10/1953 | See Source »

...middle of the fourth day, the court had sat for 17 hours, of which 14 hours were pure Mossadegh. On the seventh day, the justices retired to ponder whether they had the right to try him in the first place. They concluded that they did have the right, and returned manfully to face the next assault from Mohammed Mossadegh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Onstage | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

...three hours before Anthorpe and Eunice were made man and wife. Bridegroom and bride struggled through the crowd to the seclusion of Chief Sandile's house. The whites streamed back to the cities, leaving the Gaika and the Pondo tribesmen to ponder on the strange customs and manners of white people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Dismembers of the Wedding | 7/20/1953 | See Source »

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