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...Russell combined the oratorical abilities of Daniel Webster, William Jennings Bryan and Franklin Roosevelt, he still would have little chance of being the next President of the U.S. He is working to build up the South's old veto power, but there are other vetoes in the Democratic Party. Truman and his friends hold one, and they would almost certainly exercise it against the candidate of the anti-Truman Southern bloc. Truman's veto is also the greatest hazard facing Kefauver's nomination. Organized labor holds another veto, recognized most spectacularly in the famous order, "Clear Everything...
...Appointment of the week: John Tyler Caldwell, 40, to succeed Lewis Webster Jones, new president of Rutgers, as president of the University of Arkansas. A Princeton Ph.D. in Politics, Caldwell has been president of Alabama College for Women since...
Aida has had her face lifted. The stunning new decor and costumes by Rolf Gerard, and the dramatic staging of Margaret Webster demonstrate that Broadway techniques can effectively be applied to grand opera. The height of voluptuousness came in the first scene of Act Two. Blanche Thebom may not be the world's most beautiful Amneris, but when I saw her lounging on her divan being fanned and bathed by dozens of slaves, I couldn't help wondering why Radames chose the rotund Aida instead...
Major Basketball H--Edward K. Blodnick, Brooklyn; Edward G. Condon, Long Beach, N. Y.; William F. Dennis, Queens, N.Y.; Robert K. Gremp, Webster Groves, Mo.; Forest W. Hansen, Racine, Wis.; William M. Hickey, Nashua, N. H.; Edward M. Krinsky, Brooklyn; Richard A. Lionette, Everett; Gerald D. Murphy, Ames, Ia.; Ambrose J. Redmond, Belmont; John M. Stevenson, Glendale, Ohio; Paul H. Bodden, Northampton...
However, all the A.M.P.'s feel that meeting men from totally different fields, and gaining new outlooks, is the most valuable part of the program. The statement of Kenneth R. Webster, who's spent most of the past eight years as district manager for the Arabian American Oil Company in Saudi Arabia, pretty well sums it up for the representatives of both foreign and even United States businesses...