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In Phil Hart, easygoing Charlie Potter will discover a serious threat to second-term ambitions. Pennsylvania-born Hart is, like Potter, a wounded World War II veteran; he was hit by D-day mortar fire on Utah Beach. Lawyer Hart has eight photogenic children and an attractive, politically savvy wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MICHIGAN: Hart's Desire | 2/24/1958 | See Source »

Most racegoers agree. But thousands of them bet on Willie anyway. Their motivation is simple: Bill Hartack may not always win, but he always tries. From flag-fall to finish, he pumps and slashes. He scratches all over his mount as if it were a case of hives, endlessly intent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bully & the Beasts | 2/10/1958 | See Source »

Leave It to Beaver: The season's most amiable new comedy series and most agreeable surprise is deftly dedicated to the proposition that boys will be boys. Its hero is an eight-year-old boy named Beaver ("Is that your given name?" asks a puzzled teacher. "Yes, my brother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Review | 1/6/1958 | See Source »

One of the big arguments about executive training is where it should take place. Many corporations argue that a university or management training institute is the best place because it gives the executive a chance to gain a broader perspective by throwing him together with men from many and varied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCHOOLS FOR EXECUTIVES: How Helpful Is Industry's New Fad? | 1/6/1958 | See Source »

There were, of course, threatening calls charging Du Mont with being "anti-union." The Transport Workers' brogue-nurturing Boss Mike Quill, appearing on Wendy Barrie's show over Du Mont's Manhattan WABD, took the opportunity to lambast Du Mont because "they showed unions in an unfavorable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV & Radio: Morality Play | 9/2/1957 | See Source »

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