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Still Alive. There was but one choice for the first President of the U.S.: George Washington. The office was of necessity less precisely defined than the judicial and legislative branches. It might have degenerated into a puppet presidency. Washington defined it by stepping into it. He held it in great esteem, and imparted to it the dignity of his own character. He refused to shake hands during his eight years in the office-he felt that such a gesture of familiarity was beneath the presidency-and always bowed instead. He dressed richly in velvet, wore hats plumed with ostrich feathers...
...undistinguished politico, Bowron was deprived of a campaign weapon which had served him well in the past: predicting direly that sin and corruption would reign unless he was elected. He campaigned, instead, against the powerful Los Angeles Times, which threw its support to Poulson. By describing Poulson as the "puppet" of Times Publisher Norman Chandler, Fletcher Bowron made the race close-but not close enough. The vote: Poulson 287,619, Bowron...
...occupation boss, or "supreme commissar," Moscow appointed bald Vladimir Semenov, a personable or non-Vishinsky type of diplomat, until recently chief political adviser to Chuikov and Soviet ambassador to the East German puppet government. A polished veteran of diplomacy although he is only 50, Semenov once taught philosophy, Soviet-style. He speaks German and some English. Across the negotiating table he gives the impression of at least comprehending points of view other than...
...Russia and Germany, the West threatening punishment to whichever one first attacked the other. "Russia has the right to feel assured that the terrible events of the Hitler invasion would never be repeated and that Poland would remain a friendly power and a buffer, though not. I hope, a puppet...
...haired Thai maidens pray that the enemy will be defeated, and this week the chief bonze assured them that the enemy would be. The battle that is in preparation will, in effect, be fought for possession of the celebrated Buddha; for if the Communists are able to install their puppet Prince Souphanou Vong here, they stand to gain great prestige with the Buddhists of Southern Asia. The riverside town has no tactical importance...