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...that has been dearest Jor the Communist is put into this ovation, which expresses a boundless sea of love for their Leader. A minute passes-two, three. The ovation, like an Alpine avalanche, grows greater and greater. It only ends when the desire to hear Stalin becomes uppermost...
...some of his novels Waugh has got around his problem by succumbing wholly either to ferocity (as in The Loved One) or heartburn (as in A Handful of Dust). More often, he has kept his anger uppermost and merely hinted at a grumpy sympathy with mankind. But in Brideshead Revisited (TIME, Jan. 7, 1946), he made his first major effort to express fully both sides of his divided self-to give poison only where poison was due, to cool boiling oil with holy water...
...Only Begun." One man who felt the courage in the speech was Ike Eisenhower-perhaps the one man whom Nixon had uppermost in his mind during the broadcast. Soon after he was off the air Nixon got Ike's telegram of congratulation (see below). There was still no blanket vindication, but Ike suggested a meeting with Nixon in Wheeling, W. Va. Said Nixon happily, as he hopped off for Wheeling from Stapleton airport in Denver: "I'm going to Wheeling to meet the man there who will be the next President of the United States ... I can tell...
Button turned professional on August 29, when he joined the Ice Capades for limited headline engagements. He made it clear at the time, however, that his education will remain uppermost...
Button turned professional on August 29, when he joined the Ice Capades for limited headline engagements. He made it clear at the time, however, that his education will remain uppermost...