Word: thoughte
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...your Aug. 24 cover: Rocky Colavito may be first in the hearts of his young fans here in Cleveland, but he isn't first in American League batting, runs batted in or home runs, and the team isn't even in first place. Thought people who "rated" covers on TIME were supposed to be noteworthy...
When Charles Hopkinson was portraying Calvin Coolidge, he tried to animate the President's Vermont-granite features by inquiring into one of the great crises in Coolidge's life: "What was your first thought, Mr. President, when you heard that Harding had died?" Without any change of expression Coolidge twanged: "I thought I could swing...
...Eisenhower, the return to Europe was an occasion of deep sentiment, and more than once, newsmen thought they saw the trace of tears in his eyes. But the meaning of Ike's trip went far beyond his personal feeling for Europe, or its feeling for him. In the very shouts and cheers lay a basic acceptance of the President's ability to deal with Nikita Khrushchev during their coming exchange of visits. That acceptance came from the realization of Dwight Eisenhower's achievements and stature as President...
...high command hastily redrafted its resolution. In the final, milder version, there was no criticism of Ike, and the Legion merely "counseled" the U.S. public to be alert, accepting "the Russian Premier's visit with that dignity common only to free men while holding fast to the thought and determination there will be no compromise . . ." After approving the resolution by acclamation, the Legion proceeded to elect its new national chairman: Martin Boswell McKneally, 44, a bachelor lawyer from Newburgh, N.Y. and World War II major...
...critics agreed with Laughton's interpretation. The News Chronicle found him "not at all unlike a mixture of Charles Darwin and Longfellow . . . weak and frail and human . . . hardly ever majestic, towering or superhuman." But the Times thought "Mr. Laughton's performance a superb essay in stage pathos...