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Reds' Friend. But whatever else he was, Claude Pepper was not permanent. He began to skid. He skidded with Henry Wallace away to the far left. He became an apologist for Russia's foreign policy. He went abroad, called on Stalin, promptly urged that the U.S. advance Russia a $6 billion loan. He proposed that the U.S. "destroy every atom bomb we have" and all atomic facilities. He sometimes out-talked even Wallace in denunciation of the U.S.'s toughening foreign policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLORIDA: First Lame Duck | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

...pace did prove too much for Umberto, 23. In the first half of the race he skidded off the road, wrapped his car around a pole, got out only superficially hurt. Other drivers had worse in store. Peter Richard Monkhouse's British Healey somersaulted into a field and he died in the crash; Alvasio Bassi was crushed to death when his car turned turtle in a sweeping skid on the slippery asphalt. Fatalities did not compare with 1938, when 23 spectators were killed when one racer skidded into a crowd (Mussolini banned the race the next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Amateur Spirit | 5/8/1950 | See Source »

...into public view, they have a disconcerting tendency to spoil if they are left in the sun. Those who do not go gracefully to an early grave often fall easy prey to baldness, fallen arches and the horrors of earning a living. Even if they avoid relief rolls, and skid-road bars, they are still apt to end up squirting old ladies with water pistols at American Legion conventions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Durable Man | 4/17/1950 | See Source »

...condition to talk to anyone." In many big cities the census takers had to call in interpreters to get their information. There would probably be more difficulty next week when contingents of male enumerators observe T (for transient) night, and descend in one swoop on the inhabitants of flophouses, skid roads and missions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CENSUS: The Big Count | 4/10/1950 | See Source »

...squad consists of six men and a spare. Captain Bill Wasserman, Captain-elect Jim Weaver, John Hart, Skid Land, Gordon Abbott, and Jerry Porter will make up the starting team, with John Houser as the extra...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Skiers Practice in Colorado for Friday Meet | 3/29/1950 | See Source »

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