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Israel and the U.S. could talk. The U.N.'s own tireless Dag Hammarskjold said he had got Egypt to agree to let the U.N. deploy into the Gaza Strip. The President received a letter from Israel's Ben-Gurion that was considered "constructive," whereupon Israel's Ambassador to the U.S..Abba Eban, flew back from Israel. Dulles held an unusual Sunday conference at his home with congressional leaders, then a few hours later met with Eban. and a new round of diplomacy got under way. But should Israel remain recalcitrant, the President of the U.S. intended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: What I'm Going To Do | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

...that a wife should be if she didn't have to wash the dishes, bear the babies, clean the house and grow old and tiresome. To casual guests at a party or to the patron she hopes will one day claim her permanently, the geisha must be tireless and fascinating, solicitous and flattering, soothing and delightful, ready to make conversation, play a game or listen to pompous discourse at the whim of her customer. "A good geisha," said a member of Kyoto's geisha association last week, "is one who the guests say is good. Not only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: To Please a Guest | 1/21/1957 | See Source »

Bill Knowland is a tireless public speaker, but strains painfully in his attempts at casual conversation, even with his family (the Knowlands have two daughters, one son). But Helen says: "But we know he loves us ... It's Billy's way, and it's all right with me." Bill once reprimanded her for jaywalking on the grounds that the wife of a lawmaker should avoid even the slightest infraction of law. But Helen merely says, half facetiously: "His high principles can be almost a nuisance at times." She encourages him in his only real hobby: pasting items...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Dynasty & Destiny | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

Jensen's Gym. Afterward came the expected promise that Sugar Ray will try again in a return match with Fullmer. But only stubborn pride can suggest that he will ever do any better against the tireless young elder of the Mormon Church who, true to his faith, has never touched tobacco or whisky. Gene Fullmer was named for his parents' idol, gentleman Gene Tunney (whose real name is James Joseph), but he grew up to admire a different type of heavyweight, man-eater Jack Dempsey. At the age of eight he decided he wanted to become a prizefighter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Lemme Open Up | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

...Home National Bank (capital: $807,000), seemed the very model of a progressive small-town banker. A frugal, prosperous bachelor of 50 who daily carried his lunch -a cold fried-egg sandwich and a Thermos of iced tea-to the bank in a wicker bas ket, he was a tireless dabbler in civil affairs. He led the movement for the summertime Empire State Music Festival that attracted thousands of culture seekers and dollars to Ellenville, was a district president in 1953 of the State Bankers Association, head usher of the Methodist Church. In the quiet little summer-resort village...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: The Generous Lender | 12/24/1956 | See Source »

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