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Jenner took every opportunity to stand at Eisenhower's elbow, slap his shoulders, get photographed with him. At a roast-beef luncheon, Jenner closed a roaring speech by telling how he had visited a hospital nursery where the newborn squalled noisily. Cried Jenner: "If you came into the world and you had nothing but a diaper on, and you owed the Government $2,000 as your part of the national debt, and your diaper was wet, by God, you'd be crying too!" Ike colored, ducked his head, put both hands over his ears-then laughed gustily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Nothing Funny | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

...Christian mission, she decides is to destroy as many of these pagan relics as possible. The natives find her constant digging odd, but since she tosses everything into Rahabaat's volcano, they find her piety admirable. When, in a moment of hunger, she eats a portion of roast piglet left on the altar of Rahabaat and the god fails to strike her dead, the natives are sufficiently awed to make her the guest of honor at a fecundity festival. "You're a lost woman," comments Sam Barnfield sadly. "And you," she taunts, "are a dirty-minded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Inside the Holocaust | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

Stenographers typed in air-conditioned comfort; when they wanted a breather, they strolled into an airy lounge with an outside wall of glass, and sank into deep and comfortable modern chairs. At noon, the 1,200 employees all had a free three-course meal (main course: roast beef) in a spacious cafeteria; afterward, they could stroll along shady paths through 27½ landscaped acres surrounding the building. Off work at 4:15, they could swim in a big (75 ft. by 42 ft.) swimming pool, play tennis on two courts, get a book from the free lending library...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: Something Special | 8/11/1952 | See Source »

Riding the plane elevator and the pilots' escalator, lunching on roast beef and strong Navy coffee, the old gaucho appeared to have the time of his life.. "In order for us to have ships like this," he told his party, "we must work very, very hard." Then, after a 5½-hour visit, the President took off from the Oriskany, whirred back to Rio on his first helicopter ride. From shore he signaled back "praise for the precision and efficiency shown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Getulio on the Bridge | 6/30/1952 | See Source »

...clear up the glut of meat on the Canadian market. Domestic meat prices have already sagged, giving consumers a temporary break but signaling trouble ahead for the country's farm economy. Hamburger has dropped in some places from 69? to 49? a lb., ham from 59? to 39?, roast of beef from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Greater Danger | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

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