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...said, "I suddenly realize at 5 o'clock that I haven't had lunch." Frequently, he is still on the telephone at 4 a.m. He manages his afternoon naps but no longer has time for swims in the White House pool. Instead of the relaxing Cutty Sark and soda, he now sips root beer or a no-calorie orange drink in his Oval Office. There are deep, dark circles beneath his eyes, and his voice is hoarse. Last week he paused briefly to gaze at a White House bust of another wartime President - Abraham Lincoln -and compassion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Wartime Leader | 5/14/1965 | See Source »

Within the next year, Seagram will bring out two new Scotches (100 Pipers and Passport), and four liqueurs, as well as a gin, a vodka and the first Hawaiian rum. Bronfman aims for 100 Pipers to compete against the bestselling U.S. Scotch, Schenley's Cutty Sark, which happens to be the favorite of Lyndon Johnson. The new liqueurs will have a more limited market than the mixed drinks and Scotches, but will be more profitable. "It is our philosophy," says Edgar, "that as costs keep going up we have to come out with higher margin items...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Management: Bronfman's Private Stock | 3/5/1965 | See Source »

Whenever Johnson's big black Cadillac pulls up to a curb, the President leaves from one door while from another pops Jack Valenti. At home, whenever the President wants his Cutty Sark and soda, the chances are Jack Valenti will be there with it. Even when Johnson is swimming nude in the White House pool, Jack Valenti is there-dutifully logging a daily eight laps alongside the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Administration: The Little Man Who's Always There | 4/3/1964 | See Source »

...blends, while distillers of Scotch and Canadian have no limits. U.S. blends usually have 65% neutral spirits; Scotch and Canadian usually have 70%. Thanks to the trend to lightness, U.S. sales of Scotch have more than doubled in a decade to 9% of the market (most popular: Cutty Sark and J & B, two of the lightest blends), and light Canadian blends now account for two of the three biggest U.S. sellers (Seagrams' imported V.O. and Hiram Walker's Canadian Club). The market share of such high-spirited "white goods" as gin and vodka has jumped from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketing & Selling: Seeing the Light | 4/5/1963 | See Source »

Young Malcolm was levied two quid For the terrible thing that he did, But one M.P.'s quibble Was "What's good for Dame Sybil Must be good for each Sark invalid." Dame Sybil disdained his appeals, Only she could have motorized wheels. Her parliament said Sure To her droit du seigneur, No matter how other folk feels. ∙∙∙ With classic British nonchalance. Actor James Mason, 53. and his estranged wife Pamela, 44, launched a laconic legal battle in a Santa Monica court to divvy up the spoils of their marriage. Pamela demanded an allowance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 21, 1962 | 9/21/1962 | See Source »

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