Word: presi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Students at the University, the Presi- dent continued, now have "a deeper understanding of what a church is." He attributed this to the widespread discussion of the past several weeks, a discussion for which he is now "profoundly thankful...
...want them balanced too." A typical well-balanced group is this year's freshman class at Yale. Of 1,031 boys, 506 were captains of varsity teams or won varsity letters, 228 were editors of their school papers, 114 were editors of their yearbooks, 178 were either presi dents of their student councils or of their senior classes...
...Paramount brought out a collection of President Eisenhower's speeches, from D-day to his announcement of seeking a second term, already has sold 5,500 copies at $3.98. Book publisher Doubleday started its Dolphin division pressing records by sophisticated theater, nightclub and television stars. Last week Columbia Presi dent Goddard Lieberson, who induced CBS Chairman William S. Paley to back Fair Lady, took the company's headiest step yet. He issued a recording of the complete dialogue from the surrealistic play, Waiting for Godot, starring Comedian Bert Lahr...
...history." Re publican Leader Joe Martin was less ex travagant, but conceded: "It has been a hard-working Congress. It has enacted many meritorious measures, but it has failed to come to grips with many others." Whenever the 84th got too blatantly political, it was slapped ba-k. The Presi dent made his veto stick on the Southern-Democratic-sponsored natural gas bill, al though he was "in accord with its basic objectives," because he got a strong whiff of "arrogant" lobbying (TIME...
Mechanic at Work. When the Presi dent was told about the flood of information that was pouring out of the hospital, he told Hagerty approvingly: "I understand you're giving them everything. That's fine with me." Last week the press added its own vote of confidence. Said United Press's Merriman (Thank You, Mr. President) Smith, tough-talking dean of White House correspondents: "Hagerty has done a truly phenomenal job in Denver." Said veteran Eddie Folliard, Washington Post and Times Herald reporter who has been covering the capital since Calvin Coolidge was President: "Hagerty...