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...more than six years, W. Stuart Symington has been a tireless troubleshooter for Harry Truman. He has handled four mettle-testing Washington assignments since Truman brought him in from St. Louis in 1945 as Surplus Property Administrator. Last week, with a casual shrug of the shoulders, Truman dropped the word that he will accept Symington's resignation some time this month. Truman didn't seem to care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Troubleshooter's Exit | 1/14/1952 | See Source »

Married. Michelle Bridgit Farmer, 19, up & coming actress (the French film, Monte Carlo Baby), daughter of tireless stage & screen Siren Gloria Swanson and her fourth husband, Michael Farmer; and Robert Amon, 37, Turkish-born Paris moviemaker; in Paterson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 31, 1951 | 12/31/1951 | See Source »

...play more of a team game. There's a good position player at left wing. Tom Fransioli. He has plenty of stamina, can shoot with either foot, but he must learn to shoot more for goals instead of merely crossing the ball. Reserve inside Roland Hok plays a fast tireless game, is a good dribbler, but his passes lack accuracy...

Author: By David C. D. rogers, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 10/24/1951 | See Source »

...Tireless and imaginative. Stein has won the backing of the American Legion (he is a World War I veteran) and of such stage friends as Tallulah Bankhead, a longtime subscriber and general booster. Thanks largely to Stein and the Star, patients at Carville have established their right to vote (a technicality of state law once disfranchised them); their precinct is usually the first in the state to report. They have won the right to have visitors, a month's leave a year when their disease is quiescent. Stein will not rest until state and federal laws recognize that, except...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Crusade in Carville | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

...favorable omen for the talks. This week, Stokes, who glories in the role of a hardhitting, U.S.-type businessman, will sit down at the conference table with the Iranians. Hovering in the background, ready with soothing words and compromise suggestions, is the one hero of the crisis: tireless W. Averell Harriman. His performance so far: excellent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: O, Thou Aged Traitor! | 8/13/1951 | See Source »

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