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...President of the U.S. using tanks and troops in the streets of Little Rock. I wish I could cast one vote for impeachment right now.'' South Carolina's Senator Olin Johnston went even further. "If I were Governor Faubus," he said, "I'd proclaim a state of insurrection down there, and I'd call out the National Guard, and I'd then find out who's going to run things in my state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SOUTH: The Prick of the Bayonet | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

...diplomatic visit by an Iraqi Premier (Ali Jawdat, the summer replacement of Strongman Nuri asSaid) since 1949. The most elaborate gesture of all was the visit to Syria by Saudi Arabia's King Saud, who broke off his European tour and left the waters of Baden-Baden to proclaim his Arab solidarity with Syria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: Arms & Friends | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

...elaborately publicized succession, President Eisenhower proclaimed U.S. "anxiety" over the Syrian situation, U.S. fleet units churned up a show of force in Eastern Mediterranean waters, and U.S. Air Force C124 Globemasters wheeled over Amman in a display delivery of U.S. 106-mm. antitank rifles to Jordan's army. Instead of persuading other Arab countries that the Arab nationalists of Syria were a threat to them, the U.S. display offended them and drove Syria's neighbors to proclaim their solidarity with their Arab brothers. Within 24 hours every U.S. ally in the Arab world had rallied to Syria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: Troubles & Wrong Moves | 9/23/1957 | See Source »

...mess: "What the politicians have given us is an atrocious lump of sugar, the U.N. building." On writers: T. S. Eliot "betrayed poetry. In America, well, Papa Hemingway knows how to write, but he's dishonest." Said Papa to Il Tempo: "Pound is a great poet, and I proclaim it proudly. He's been punished enough, no matter what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 9, 1957 | 9/9/1957 | See Source »

Brave & Tragic. The nation soon grew accustomed to having its sons disappear into the woods for mysterious campfire powwows, struggle with all sorts of exotic knots, make fire without matches, proclaim that they were trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent. An occasional adult scoutmaster complained. "The man in charge of a group of boy hikers," wrote one, "has somewhat the same problems that faced Moses in managing the Exodus. There is a similar effort involved in keeping up morale and discipline. There is the same need to dispel almost universal fear of death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Loyal, Helpful, Kind ... | 7/22/1957 | See Source »

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