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...seems to me that the Democrats are in somewhat the same position as the man who came home from the party engaged to the glamour girl when he actually needed a wife who could cook, sew and manage; and time alone would tell if he had made a mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 8, 1960 | 8/8/1960 | See Source »

...with Paris Reporter Pierre de la Salle (one child), it was all over. Some months ago, Suzy had given an interesting description of her marriage: "An American girl is against everything a Frenchman stands for. I've been told I can't cook, I can't sew, and I'm not fit to be a wife. If I speak French to him, he speaks English. If I speak English, he says I make no effort to speak French. It's O.K.; I'm playing along with the game, and when the right moment comes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: Musical Pairs | 5/16/1960 | See Source »

...private poll taken in Wisconsin for Nixon and for Republican Strategist Len Hall. The poll showed Kennedy leading Humphrey by a surprising margin: 62% to 38%. Reasoning along with the Kennedy forces themselves, top Republicans were ready to grant that a big win for Kennedy in Wisconsin would virtually sew up the Democratic presidential nomination for him; for a Kennedy sweep there would quickly bring most of the Northern fence-sitting Democratic bosses around the U.S. racing to get on the magnetic bandwagon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Palmistry & Promise | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

...Fairman's case, the doctors did not dare open the chest to sew the electrode into the heart muscle because they doubted that the patient would survive surgery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Wired for Living | 1/11/1960 | See Source »

...This is a significant and heartening step toward our goal," Kennedy said of the announcement that DiSalle supports will run as a favorite son in Ohio's May 3 primary, seeking to sew up the 64-vote delegation for Kennedy...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Steel Producers, Union Seal Pact; Both Agree to 30-Month Contract; Kennedy Hails DiSalle's Support | 1/6/1960 | See Source »

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