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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Republican, 20% a Democrat, 58% said they did not know. (But if Ike wants to run in 1948 it will obviously have to be as a Republican; Harry Truman has the Democratic nomination sewed up.) Asked if they would like to see Ike a presidential candidate, the replies were: yes, 35%; no, 48%; did not know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Is He Is or Is He Ain't? | 9/1/1947 | See Source »

...know very well that the parish helps all the poor. It's only that you want the poor to be forced to come to you Communists." Barbi rushed up: "You lying cornacchia, we think only of the people." Gallo: "You miserable red fox, yes, you think of the people-you think of their blood-you want to drink their blood if they don't happen to think like you. You want our clock to strike the hour for you alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: A Clock for Fiumicino | 9/1/1947 | See Source »

...Bill Halsey's staff-a piece of luck such as few fresh-water reserve officers enjoyed. But after that he made his own way. His first interview with the Admiral was one of the shortest in naval history. Growled Halsey: "Are you down here to work?" Said Stassen: "Yes, sir." That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: The Man from Minnesota | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

Strapping (6 ft., 4½ in.) Presbyterian Evans needed only a few days to find out where to start. Then he looked. up the leader of the town's young hooligans. The boy told him, "Yes, we're going to the devil all right. There's no place else to go." Evans promptly commandeered a hotel, rallied the town's boys with saws and hammers to convert it into "Evans' Gym." By the time he left, three years later, order was restored and his congregation had swelled from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Presbyterian in Hollywood | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

Manhattan-born Abe, a onetime coat label salesman, thought his radio listeners ought to know what he looks like. "Am I fat?" he asked them. "Am I sloppy? Am I bald? Well, my answer is yes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Partygoers1 Wit | 8/18/1947 | See Source »

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