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Frank Raboski, on the other hand, was a solid citizen. As a diesel mechanic in Northlake, IIll., he made a good living. He was the first president of the Northlake Home Owners Association, a member of the sewers and water committee, and treasurer of the Northlake Crime Commission which he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Good Citizen | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

Vigilant Momma. In 1932, while attempting to put Korea's case before an indifferent League of Nations in Geneva, Rhee met Francesca Maria Barbara Donner, 34, the daughter of a family of Viennese iron merchants. Two years later they were married in a Methodist ceremony in New York. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KOREA: The Walnut | 3/9/1953 | See Source »

Switzerland, which has not been invaded since 1815, believes in keeping its powder dry, its nose clean and its cupboard full. Two years ago, fearing a World War III, the Swiss government advised its citizens to stock up their pantries. Last week, apprehensive lest its citizens are becoming too complacent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWITZERLAND: Ready & Unwarned | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

In November, Harry Truman had fired one of McGrath's top assistants, Theron Lamar Caudle, the influence-peddlers' buddy, without asking the advice of the Attorney General. Around the White House, there was talk that a vigilant Attorney General would have caught some of the wrongdoers before congressional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Howard's Happy Day | 1/14/1952 | See Source »

It was just after World War II that Kennan, the Russian expert, came into his own. As Counselor of the Moscow embassy, he coached Ambassadors W. Averell Harriman and Bedell Smith. Back in Washington, he became head of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff in 1947. Under the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Containment in Moscow? | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

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