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...front of me got up from his seat and hailed a friend. There was the traditional greeting: a hefty slap on the back with the left hand and a vigorous handshake with the right...

Author: By Edgar Beaver, | Title: The Old School Meeting | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

Kefauver exuded energy, good will and sincerity. His corn came out cornflakes, full of modern, vitaminized pop, crackle and snap. He was a serious fellow, who seemed only to slap backs and ride kids' bicycles because he is warm and human and not stuck up, and likes people. The Democratic professionals in Washington were horrified. Last week, no longer able to pooh-pooh Kefauver as an amateur and an upstart, they were taking serious steps to stop him at any cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: The Third Man | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

Association continue to sanction them as members of the organization they are trying to sabotage? These subversive agents for socialized medicine surely should get more than a slap on the wrist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 14, 1952 | 4/14/1952 | See Source »

...deserve a sharp slap on the wrist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 14, 1952 | 4/14/1952 | See Source »

...most flamboyant bit of horseplay since the first Harvardman swallowed a live goldfish in the thirties, two Harvard sophomores sat themselves down tête-à-tête one morning last week and begin slapping each other in the face. Their purpose: to collect $128 in bets by emulating the 150-year-old example of two Russian yogis who had slapped away for 72 hours straight. Harvard's record, established last week: one slap every ten seconds for 48 hours, or 17,280 slaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Report Card | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

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