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Willkie Wrangle. One of the ways Luce meant to realize the American vision was to elect Wendell Willkie President in 1940. Though neither he nor his publications formally endorsed Willkie, all of them gave Willkie substantial aid and comfort. All, that is, except TIME. T. S. Matthews, then TIME'...
"A pair of substantial mammary glands," said Oliver Wendell Holmes the Elder in 1867, "has the advantage over the two hemispheres of the most learned professor's brain in the art of compounding a nutritious fluid for infants." Although eminently sound, Dr. Holmes's medical opinion was ignored...
Once Stassen was the boy wonder-a county attorney at 23, Governor of Minnesota at 31, Republican Convention keynoter (in 1940) at 33, as well as floor manager for Wendell Willkie. His own cause peaked in 1948 when he scored impressive victories in the Wisconsin and Nebraska presidential primaries, only...
Under Warren, the court has addressed itself principally to three great areas: civil rights, reapportionment under the one-man, one-vote doctrine, and criminal justice. As earlier courts have been dominated by such concerns as property rights, the building of the central government and slavery, Warren's court confronted...
Like Carter Lord, Jeff Grate was blessed with abundant natural ability. Superbly coordinated and very strong, Grate burst on the Harvard sports scene as a jumping-jack sophomore basketball player. Only 6-1, he could leap with the Ivy centers, had a quick, accurate jump shot and looked like a...