Word: veteran
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...attacked for voting the right way--even if he happens to share the beliefs of his party. To which must be added the fact that Kennedy did more than parrot the good ideas of others. He fought a brilliant battle for better low-income and veteran's housing; he was the first member of Congress to recognize the necessity for adequate civil defense; he introduced a plan to use money from Tidelands oil for a Federal health program; in 1947 he began a long fight to increase the size of our defense forces; even in the District of Columbia where...
Glasgow, a veteran reporter of Illinois politics, worked for the New York Herald Tribune in Chicago before joining TIME'S bureau there. He did the major part of the reporting for the Stevenson cover story that ran last January, just when Stevenson made his famous visit to President Truman at Blair House. When it became evident that the Illinois governor was a strong contender for the nomination, Glasgow was assigned to stay with Stevenson. For this week's cover story, he was again called on to supply facts from his storehouse of knowledge about the Democratic candidate...
Some Paris newspapers called his speech a turning point in French foreign policy. But support for ratification came from such veteran statesmen as René Pleven and Paul Reynaud, who argued that the plan to bring West German troops into a European army is specifically designed to prevent the rebirth of the Wehrmacht. Premier Antoine Pinay, who needs the support of the Radical Socialists (75 seats) to stay in power, was quoted as saying: "I am for a European army...
Russ Smale and Dick Calkins alternate at left half, with the former more likely to start today. The veteran Smale had a bad ankle last year, and is still not as good as expected. Calkins, a sophomore, has improved steadily; after the Army game, McLaughry said he played the "best game of his career...
...Green's defensive backfield is a muddle of inexperience. Injured veteran linebacker Mike Papantones will miss the game today, and his successor is still unamed, although either Mackey or Johnson will probably get the nod. Tom Malcolm an alert junior who missed the opening games, will be the other backer...