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*Other U.S. Presidents were high-velocity types too. Ulysses S. Grant was fined for driving a horse-drawn carriage down M Street at an "unreasonable" rate of speed. Woodrow Wilson's driver scared the daylights out of newsmen by "reckless driving and excessive speed." In 1919, two reporters died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Mr. President, You're Fun | 4/10/1964 | See Source »

> The magic of the imagination redeems life: "Art is the triumph over chaos (no less) and we can accomplish this only by the most vigilant exercise of choice, but in a world that changes more swiftly than we can perceive there is always the danger that our powers of selection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: THE METAMORPHOSES OF JOHN CHEEVER | 3/27/1964 | See Source »

Solemn Vows. Last week, as high government officials, the hierarchy of the Greek church, leading judges and Members of Parliament gathered solemnly for a candlelight ceremony at the royal palace, new King Constantine kissed a silver-bound Bible, then took the royal oath. "I succeed my father to the throne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greece: Long Live the King! | 3/13/1964 | See Source »

Probably no other company has ever been publicly touted by the President of the U.S.-particularly just as it was about to put its stock on sale. Yet that is just what happened last week to the Communications Satellite Corp., and there was little that the vigilant Securities and Exchange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communications: Launching the Satellite Business | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

Marina Oswald, 22, sat at a table in Parchey's Restaurant in Washington. Ten feet away were two vigilant Secret Service agents. Slight and slim at about 5 ft. 2 in. and 98 Ibs., she had had her .hair set in a beauty parlor-something her late husband would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investigations: Between Two Fires | 2/14/1964 | See Source »

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