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...above using a little clout to get its photos. In 1905 it published 138 pictures of ; the Philippines that were so popular the magazine had to go to a second printing. Source of the pictures: a U.S. War Department report, courtesy of Secretary of War William Howard Taft, who happened to be Editor Grosvenor's cousin. On occasion, National Geographic has not let verisimilitude stand in the way of a good picture either. Editors laying out the February 1982 cover on Napoleon's life and campaigns used a computer to shift the position of one of the Egyptian pyramids...
When the lawyers at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft moved to new headquarters a few years ago, they brought their old doors with them. That venerable walnut seemed to embody the traditions of the nation's senior firm, founded in 1792. But beyond the doors, their New York City offices are typical of the sleek, hard-driving operations that now dominate the profession. Overlooking its ten- story atrium are hundreds of lawyers' work spaces. Stop by at 3 a.m., and a dozen or more unlucky souls will be there, grinding out documents around the clock. Even at a respected old firm...
...endorsed Republican Thomas Dewey over Harry Truman. His change of heart, the youthful Simon explained, came because he preferred the Democrats' commitment to "world peace" and "genuine world free trade" and faulted the Republicans for their backsliding on "civil rights" and their antilabor sentiments symbolized by the Taft-Hartley Act. The same thoughts and phrases echo in his speeches today. What distinguishes him in the current campaign is that, from his bow tie to his emphasis on creating jobs, Simon, 58, has remained faithful to Truman and to bedrock Democratic Party values...
...stamp of a man devoted to the needs of the people. His lieutenants are singularly suited to carry forth a progressive program; they would well merit the name "brain trust," were that name not in such ill repute. And who would not prefer William Allen White and Charles Taft to [Rexford] Tugwell...
...Hampshire sporting a hairstyle that seemed 20 years old, his fingers itched to attack the mop. "How come you don't see any bald men among the top candidates?" asks the hair stylist. Good point. Baldie Ike made his mark in the military and then defeated Baldies Taft and Stevenson on his way to the White House. End of the baldie run.The barber almost saved Gerald Ford in the campaign of 1976. He had Ford dump the Vitalis, and then he trimmed the President closer on the sides and in the back, poufing up the thinning top. But by that...