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...Thanks for printing [Jan. 17] what I believe is the exact truth about Wayne Morse and Dick Neuberger-and their air-conditioned-by-nature, wonderful Oregon. The "Morseberger" combination are both dedicated men and will ultimately give the Great Webfoot State one of the most eminent teams ever to appear on the U.S. Senate floor. They have the ability, if they'll just keep their "fiercely" independent heads in the same groove; but if ever they meet in a head-on rhubarb, the walls of the Senate will cave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 7, 1955 | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

...Shuri castle had been smashed by shelling; eleven days of rain had turned Okinawa's red clay into hip-deep sludge. Confidently the Japanese commander moved his troops over to the east side of the castle, certain that no troops could attack his left. He underestimated the webfoot qualities of the U.S. marines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Shuri's Fail | 6/11/1945 | See Source »

Hale old men with the bodies of boys, hale old men with the minds of children, grand seigneurs, curmudgeons in every condition of physical decay, Paunch, Thin-Shank, Webfoot Waddle-Duck, and erect, haughty old men with life's ensign still crimson in their cheeks, journeyed to the Apawamis Club in Rye N. C., to play in the annual U. S. Seniors golf tournament Among them were famed lawyers and financial figures, a retired rear admiral,* the president of a great insurance company?; they played, each according to his fashion, around the Apawamis course. There were inumerable prizes?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seniors | 9/21/1925 | See Source »

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