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To be sure, no Vermont probate court records any evidence of Mallet's millions-or indeed of his ever having lived in Vermont.* The U.S. Treasury also claims that it knows nothing of this vast estate, now worth $512 million, which it is supposed to be holding in trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Mallet's Millions | 1/28/1966 | See Source »

Wayward Spirit. He was born in St. Louis in 1882 to German Jewish immigrant parents. As a freckled, gangling boy, he was unruly in school, argumentative at home, and neither his passive watchmaker father (whose nickname was "Silent" Swope) nor his bustling, matriarchal mother could ever really cope with him...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Natural Force | 11/19/1965 | See Source »

The technical operation of PR strongly influences the day-to-day workings of politics in the City. Because any successful candidate needs only about ten per cent of the total vote to be elected, his campaign is likely to be relatively restricted--even though voting is city-wide. In practice...

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: Repeal of PR May Alter Nature of Cambridge Politics | 10/28/1965 | See Source »

For this sensitive evocation of adolescence, which its author considers her best verse, Phyllis McGinley's daughter Julie was the model. The McGinley muse, albeit a distant traveler, alights most often on the ordinary landscapes of motherhood and domesticity-the only two professions that consistently outrank the poet. Since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Telltale Hearth | 6/18/1965 | See Source »

If the U.S. wanted a coalition government. Imbert was ready with his own version. After huddling with representatives of six parties, ranging from the far-right Vanguardia to the middle-of-the-road Christian Democrats, he announced a "broad-based provisional legislative assembly" composed of appointees from each party as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dominican Republic: Formula by Airplane | 6/4/1965 | See Source »

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