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...being as unsuccessful a President as was Gen. Grant. Like Gen. Grant, he was bewildered and helpless m dealing with a government that was usurping his powers. He was retreating before McCarthy. He was failing to defend the executive branch of the government and to uphold the integrity of his personnel. The tide began to turn when the Army, to be sure with his rather gingerly support, turned on McCarthy and fought back on the question of who was to run the Army. And this was followed by the President's decision not to intervene in Indo-China. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judgments & Prophecies, Dec. 27, 1954 | 12/27/1954 | See Source »

Crimson debaters will uphold the negative against Yale tonight on the topic: "Resolved, That the U.S. government should require immediate compliance with the Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation in the nation's public schools." The debate will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Emerson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Debaters to Oppose Yale Tonight | 12/3/1954 | See Source »

...This debate is of unusual timeliness because the Supreme Court begins hearings Monday on briefs about the same topic," said Ralph 1. Petersberger '55, Debate Council president. Three other Crimson debates will simultaneously uphold the affirmative in the other half of the informal Oxford style match at New Haven...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Debaters to Oppose Yale Tonight | 12/3/1954 | See Source »

...protest, the Brazilian Medical Association called a general doctors' strike for Dec. 6-three days before Congress is scheduled to consider the veto. The doctors said that only skeleton medical crews would remain on duty to handle emergencies. But the President held firm, relying on Congress to uphold his anti-inflation program. For the delegates to the Hemisphere economic conference in Rio this week, the doctors' dilemma was a capsule review of Brazil's financial illness and Café Filho's strong medicine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Holding the Line | 11/29/1954 | See Source »

...century A.D. In the Catacombs, Rome's persecuted Christians painted pictures of the Virgin, emphasizing her sanctity. Thereafter, a long line of saints-among them Irenaeus, Ambrose, Jerome and Augustine-laid stress on her sinlessness. In a poem, St. Ephrem (300-379) had Mary addressing God: "Let Heaven uphold me in its embrace, because I am more honored than it. Heaven is only your throne, it isn't your mother. How much more a mother of a king is to be honored than a king's throne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Queenship of Mary | 11/8/1954 | See Source »

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