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Toward the end of winter, Washington seemed to be in the grip of the word "inevitable." A meeting at the summit was inevitable; a quick tax cut to brake the recession was inevitable; some kind of politically popular, high-subsidy farm program was inevitable; a wishy-washy Pentagon reorganization plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Voice in the Land | 4/14/1958 | See Source »

Human Soil Bank. The appeal of Peanuts lies in its sophisticated melding of wry wisdom and sly oneupmanship. Unlike such funny-page small fry as Hank Ketcham's Dennis the Menace or Jimmy Ratio's Little Iodine, its characters are disingenuous and uncute. Charlie, whose peanut-bald head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Child's Garden of Reverses | 3/3/1958 | See Source »

The Archbishop of Canterbury thought the report "completely masterly." But Bishop George K. A. Bell of Chicester, England led a group of delegates who thought it wishy-washy. West Germany's Evangelical Lutheran Bishop Hanns Lilje of Hannover sounded off against "trying to be friends with everybody." Also for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Family of God | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

Some forceful criticism on the part of our respectable press is sorely needed to provoke a wishy-washy President into assuming his position as the Chief Executive.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 10, 1957 | 6/10/1957 | See Source »

Calling the Wishy-Washy. The prediction brought Wisconsin, and especially the port city of Milwaukee, flailing into the battle of the waters. City officials declared they would rally the Great Lakes states to fight new diversion attempts. Moreover, they said, if Illinois seeks extension of the temporary increase, they would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDWEST: Battle of the Waters | 12/31/1956 | See Source »

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