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...Lewis in 1935 forced the creation of the A.F.L.'s Committee for Industrial Organization. Phil Murray was delegated to organize the steel industry, the key to the struggle. In two hectic and memorable years, Murray achieved essential success in steel. The inevitable conflict with the craft unions grew sharper, and in 1938 the A.F.L. expelled the industrial unions. The new grouping changed its name to the Congress of Industrial Organizations, named as its president John L. Lewis, as its vice president Phil Murray...
...campaign's flame waxed and tempers shortened, Stevenson's tongue grew sharper. In the early days of the campaign, he often referred to Eisenhower as his "great" and "esteemed" opponent. But he tried to give the impression that Ike wasn't very definitely there at all, that his real opponents were Senators Taft, McCarthy and Jenner...
...chief difference between writing criticism for TIME and for other publications, he believes, springs from the anonymity of the writer. "In a signed review," he says, "the personal intrusions soften the tone. Everything in TIME is sharper and more emphatic." Even so, he says, every critic is human, and brings to the theater his own preferences and dislikes. Some don't like mystery stories, for instance. Kronenberger does. But he dislikes "what is sometimes called 'theater'-the spectacle with no meat on its bones. Generally speaking, the important thing in a play is what you hear...
...week that his Eighth Army was in top form and that it could stop and throw back any Communist offensive. His language was notably defensive. He did not say that his army could-or would-mount a major offensive of its own. In the field, the ground fighting was sharper than usual, but there was no sign of a major onslaught by either side. Mark Clark's air campaign, against a handful of North Korean targets, hammered ahead...
...only wish," said Giant Outfielder Monte Irvin last year, "that I'd had my chance to play in the big leagues ten years ago. I was 22 then and twice the ballplayer I am now. I could run faster and throw harder. My reflexes were sharper, and I could make a lot more use of my power...