Word: rater
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...which might take over Iran if he should fall. London regards Mossadegh distastefully as a man who humiliated Britain, broke a contract, and cannot be trusted. Also, says Whitehall, he is a second-rate politician whose only stock in trade was nationalization of oil. To continue such a second-rater in office when Iran's economy is faltering is to court sure disaster...
...eleven. At 29, Ezzard Charles had a polished boxing style that was not Joe Louis', but was still mighty effective in its own way. It might be a long time before the fans saw another Louis; meanwhile, it looked as though it would take more than a second-rater to beat the champion...
Even in the hands of a second-rater, few stories can grip the American imagination so much as that of the pioneer, his hardships, his courage, his eccentricities. Once in a while, a really good writer retells it and then the pioneer's story seems as fresh as the land he settled. Such a writer is Conrad Richter, a 59-year-old Pennsylvanian who also spends part of his time in New Mexico. Though his novels lack the color of A. B. Guthrie Jr.'s The Way West (TIME, Oct. 17), they have an impressive honesty...