Word: twins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...change in editorial policy." Why the shift? Said Billiard, nodding in the direction of Pulitzer's office: "You ought to get that from the White House." But neither Pulitzer, Lasch nor Billiard would say another word. One insider's explanation: though Lasch is considered "a political twin" of the pro-Stevenson, anti-Eisenhower Billiard, he has taken a more gingerly tack in pursuing his views with a reluctant Pulitzer. This would mean that while the tenets of the paper's liberal policy may not change, they will not be aired so frequently or aggressively...
Walnut Wood, a 17-room mansion built for Saddle Maker Henry K. Harral, was looked up to in its time as a work of art and the acme of taste. It boasts a tower without, twin parlors within. Elaborate valances edged with silk ball fringe hung at the lancet bay windows, framing Chauncey Ives's most famous statue, his marble semi-nude Pandora. The dining-room walls are paneled in fine, carved walnut. The ceiling of the great hallway is a Gothic arch of wood ribs with gilded bosses representing the heads of such men as Shakespeare, Socrates...
...Sixth Fleet moved in, a sweptwing, twin jet flew in from the Bulgarian coast, and came down low over the massed invasion fleet. Vice Admiral Charles R. Brown radioed his carrier force in the clear: "A possibly hostile aircraft is approaching your area. If it menaces your formation, use sidewinders [air-to-air missiles carried beneath a plane's wings] to prevent photography." But before hastily launched U.S. Navy delta wing Sky rays could catch it, the twin jet scooted home to Communist territory...
Died. (Albert) Wayne Coy, 53, sharp-nosed, sharp-witted onetime (1947-52) chairman of the Federal Communications Commission; of a heart attack; in Indianapolis. Radio-television consultant to TIME Inc. since 1952, Coy was president of the Albuquerque Broadcasting Co. (KOB-TV) until its sale last January, president of Twin-States Broadcasting, Inc. (WFBM-TV, Indianapolis, and WTCN-TV, Minneapolis) since then...
Last week Secretary of State Dulles got up before the opening general debate of the U.N. General Assembly (see FOREIGN NEWS) to tell where the U.S. stands on the twin issues...