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Indeed, while Hoover fulminated against "socalled new deals," it was Roosevelt who accused the President of "reckless and extravagant" spending, and of thinking "that we ought to center control of everything in Washington as rapidly as possible." Roosevelt's running mate, Congressman John Nance Garner of Texas, 63, even claimed that Hoover was "leading the country down the path of socialism." Eleanor Roosevelt best summed up her husband's uncertain command of the future when she wrote at the time of his Inauguration: "One has a tremendous feeling of going it blindly, because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: F.D.R.'s Disputed Legacy | 2/1/1982 | See Source »

...Reports was the libel case. The verdict, which the organization is appealing, casts doubt on the magazine's credibility. In the ruling, a federal court in Boston found that the periodical had "published a false statement of material fact with the knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of its truth or falsity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Put to the Test | 2/1/1982 | See Source »

...Broadway hit Amadeus, he cast his eye near and far, and finally settled on near. He chose himself. After all, who better to capture the essence of the young musical prodigy with the libertine air than a child actor turned acclaimed adult director with a sometime taste for the reckless moment. Polanski, who will direct the play, which stars Francois Périer, 62, as Mozart's nemesis Antonio Salieri, and Actress Sonia Vollereaux, 22, as Mozart's wife, has been taking crash diction courses to smooth the Polish lilt from his French. "I have no problem directing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 18, 1982 | 1/18/1982 | See Source »

...even the most reckless photographers draw a line between the acceptable and the unacceptable risk. "When I get hit I hope it's because I'm unlucky, not stupid," says Naythons who has been known to wear a bulletproof vest. "I'm never worried about the bullet with my name on it. I'm worried about the one that says, 'To Whom It May Concern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Images: Freezing Moments in History | 12/28/1981 | See Source »

...latest U.S. Steel-Mobil skirmishing was a perhaps fitting climax for a year of Brobdingnagian company mergers, and it also brought out increasing protests about corporate takeovers. Mobil is now viewed by many in the financial community as a reckless predator that is willing to spend extravagant sums and stop at almost nothing to acquire another oil company. Meanwhile, critics charge that U.S. Steel should be spending its money to update its antiquated and uncompetitive steel plants rather than trying to buy a company in an industry far removed from its field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clash of the Titans | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

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