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AMERICANS, enthralled by the personality of their chief executive and the power of his office, tend to talk about their political history in terms of presidential administrations. Yet last week, when it was learned that Earl Warren, the 14th Chief Justice of the United States, would soon retire from the...
Activist Tradition. There is no compulsory retirement for a Supreme Court Justice, and Warren, at 77, could have remained active as long as health and spirit lasted. Mr. Justice Holmes was writing lucid decisions in his 90s; Justice Hugo Black shows few signs of faltering at 82. Warren apparently wanted...
Corson is about to retire after 25 years as' a Marine - but his departure will be no less unusual than his career. He has written a blistering, 317-page indictment of U.S. methods in Viet Nam, which he neglected to get cleared by top Marine brass. To be published...
Spot of Tennis. But conspicuously on hand was Richard King Mellon, who for the past 35 years has been the operative head of the empire. At 69, he is about to retire, and it is perhaps symbolic that there is no Mellon in sight as his successor. Of his two...
Triple Ones. The main character-in fact the only major character-is a rootless, helpless, 56-year-old accountant named J. Henry Waugh. Alone in his apartment, he spends all his nights and weekends playing an intricate baseball game of his own invention. Eight imaginary teams of the Universal Baseball...