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...government disclaimed any intent to go back on Harding's stern regulations, but one highly placed Londoner who knows Sir Hugh says: "He would never have accepted this thankless job without a broad agreement with the government, without a prospect of resolving the conflict." In New York, where he was busy lobbying for next month's U.N. Cyprus debate, Archbishop Makarios shrugged: "A solution is just a matter of time. Cyprus will be free." But Turkey's President Celal Bayar still growled that Turkey will never let an island 40 miles off its coast fall into Greek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYPRUS: Time for a Change | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

Scott McLeod's job was an ugly, thankless one to begin with, and he was bound to stir up enemies. As Dulles' top security officer, it was his duty to rid the department of the soft-on-Communism reputation that had built up during the Acheson regime. But by plunging in with McCarthy-like zeal, McLeod alienated good guys and bad guys alike. Moreover, he seemed to be in some initial doubt about whether his primary loyalty was to Secretary Dulles or to State's critics in Congress. The matter came to a head when McLeod, going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Flying Saucers | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

...soldier he must not think of politics, but a genuine patriotism transcends the chain of command. Hitler is betraying the German cause, which for Rommel is vaguely identified with both military achievement and the preservation of home and family. He continues in his thankless military duty, but joins the conspiracy against Hitler's life, for which he eventually loses...

Author: By Claude Nuzum, | Title: The Desert Fox | 4/10/1957 | See Source »

Last week Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler, in announcing that he planned to stay on at his post (a decision that seemed satisfactory even to his many party enemies, who were quite willing to let him undertake the thankless job of paying off the Democrats' $1,000,000 deficit from the last campaign), said the Digest will no longer be aimed at a "limited intellectual audience." It will be converted from a "political luxury the party cannot afford" to a direct channel of communication between the national commit tee and Democratic precinct workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Eggheads, Go Home | 11/26/1956 | See Source »

Since the driver usually has his hands full merely operating the car at a consistent velocity, he needs a "navigator" to do the calculating. Most navigators are recruited from the ranks of wives and girl friends, and theirs is a somewhat thankless task since they usually watch the blame if at the end of the day no everything but the scenery and receive trophy is forthcoming...

Author: By Philip M. Boffey, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 10/3/1956 | See Source »

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