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Burly, round-faced Jesse Donaldson, the first career Postmaster General in history, a man who climbed to the Cabinet via mail sorter, letter carrier and pistol-packing post-office inspector, had been regarded around the capital as a man who lacked political experience. Members of Congress were beginning to wonder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Strange Sound | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

More intercollegiate mayhem appeared in the offing over the table down at Cronin's Saturday night than over the steering wheel of Ralph f. Sorter '50 of Leverett House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wellesley Jaunt in Wreckage; Cronin Sees All Quiet on Bar Front | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

...Sorter, however, found more serious opposition than siwash spirit when he collided with a construction machine and overturned his vehicle. The mishap resulted in lacerations of the left wrist for him and a broken nose for his date...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wellesley Jaunt in Wreckage; Cronin Sees All Quiet on Bar Front | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

...yard run--Won by E. Chubb; second, P. Gothals; third, R. Sorter. Time...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Varsity Track Hopefuls Give Fine Showing | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

Businessmen who refused to grease official Filipino palms complained that they could not purchase any of the $600 million in U.S.-donated surplus property. Many a postoffice mail sorter called upon business houses for "remembrances," saying, "You know your mail passes through my hands." Said cynical Interior Secretary Jose Zulueta, who saw more of corrupt Manila than of the less civilized but more honest interior: "There is no such thing as honesty nowadays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Progress Report, Feb. 17, 1947 | 2/17/1947 | See Source »

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