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...ribbon-cutting jaunts, none was more significant than his brief journey to dedicate a plaza being cleared by the government in front of the Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexican Catholicism's national shrine in one of the capital's northern suburbs. The ceremony over, the smiling President turned and flung his arms around grizzled old Archbishop Luis Maria Martinez in an emotional abrazo. That gesture to the-primate of Mexico dramatically told the approving crowd of thousands-and all Mexico-how much the historic breach between church & state in Mexico has been healed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Embracing the Church | 12/8/1952 | See Source »

Fair Deal. At Kansas City, Stevenson paid glowing tribute to "your blue-ribbon winner . . . from Independence," Harry Truman, and his "heroic" decisions in the cold war. At St. Louis he made a major speech on economics. He recalled the men who criticized the Louisiana Purchase and compared them to "some men of today who know the price of everything and the value of nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Adlai's Five Days | 10/20/1952 | See Source »

Emperor Haile Selassie last week celebrated a great day in a career that has known many ups & downs. With golden scissors, Ethiopia's King of Kings, Lion of Judah snipped a ribbon and then drove triumphantly across a frontier to add to his domain the former Italian colony of Eritrea, which the Italians had carved out of old Ethiopia in the late 19th century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ETHIOPIA: Lion's Share | 10/13/1952 | See Source »

...Most of Ike's staff was sleeping, but Ike heard a clamor outside his car, ducked out in his bathrobe to greet some 50 railroad workers, women and youngsters. They called for Mamie, and in a moment she popped out in pink pajamas and dressing gown with a ribbon around her hair. Shouted a male voice: "Boy, Mamie sho' does look good, even in the mawnin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: In the Mawnin' | 10/6/1952 | See Source »

...discussed how they might keep their old culture and religion from slipping away from the country. A few days later, they left the monastery to go down to their scattered parishes, their faith renewed by the monastery's support. Said one, caressing a small green, white and red ribbon (for the Basque national colors) pinned on his rough cassock: "While there is one Franciscan at the shrine of Our Lady of Aranzazu, the Basque culture will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Embattled Basques | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

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