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...result of an attempted assassination by shotgun. He also developed his talent for bare-knuckle politics, a shrewd publicity sense, and a reputation for brash, effective repartee. (Two weeks ago, when President-elect Eisenhower informed C.I.O. leaders that as a boy he had put in many a twelve-hour workday, Reuther was ready with a quick comeback. "General," said he, "you should have joined the union...
...addition to their actual coverage of the campaign, Glasgow and Darby are continually queried by TIME'S editors for the answers to specific questions. On the road, says Glasgow, the correspondent's workday lasts 18 to 20 hours -"no longer than Stevenson's day." But the logistics of the campaign trip prove most wearying...
...typical workday consists of riding in planes, trains and motor caravans, with at least a half-dozen speaking stops. After the first week or so, says Darby, the correspondent settles down to his routine of two to six hours of sleep a night, but, he adds: "What really seems to hurt is a vacation. I had six days in late September and the first couple of days back on the job just about killed me." But Darby says he was O.K. as soon as he got run down again...
...hour workday, General Mohammed Naguib, Egypt's reluctant strong man, and his eager-beaver officers gathered around a radio in Abbas-sia barracks. They tuned in to hear their hand-picked Premier, Aly Maher, report to the nation. When the Premier had finished, the officers were disappointed and mad. Why hadn't Aly spelled out his proposed social and economic reforms instead of merely saying that reforms were on the way? The Premier had been long on generalities, short on specifics. His only hard & fast promise was a pledge to lift press censorship. To a country tingling...
Living in a comfortable house in suburban London, he begins a workday at 8 a.m. with three or four cups of tea, ends it with a straight gin before dinner at 7. In between, he sometimes dictates up to 2,200 words, delivers frequent talks over the BBC, only regrets that he can no longer walk more than five miles at a stretch. Whatever shocks he has left to give to the 20th century he is putting into his autobiography, to be published after his death. There are no shockers in his latest book, New Hopes for a Changing World...