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...great student of government and one of the best-read men of his time. But most readers will find him a pretty cold fish who swam best in muddy political waters. Brant insists that "outside of Congress ... he was known for his racy conversational skill, ribald wit and zest for salacious stories." Nothing will seem more unlikely to readers of James Madison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Disembodied Brain | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

Remote as the Southern threat was, it added zest to the Republicans' own festivities. In Huntington, W. Va. for a Lincoln Day address, Senate Republican Whip Ken Wherry taunted: "Where are the Jeffersonian Democrats today? They are just waiting to be invited to join...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Bow to Tradition | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

When Nathan died, Maurice lost his zest for business. He got to brooding about the thing that had killed his brother -cancer. One day he announced: "From now on, all I want is to see cancer licked." As soon as the two younger Goldblatt brothers, Joel and Louis, returned from the war, Maurice turned the family's 15-store, $86-million-a-year business over to them and went out to fight cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ILLINOIS: The Horsepower | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

...students with prints ink in their blood, a deft quill in their hand, and a zest for seeing their doodling in the public press are invited to the CRIMSON building tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock to enter a staff artist competition. Liquid inspiration will be served...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Staff Artist Competition Opens | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

...kind of jape that Harry Truman thoroughly enjoys and he joined in with zest. Pollywog Truman cheerfully donned a baker's cap, saw to it that others in his entourage conformed to the prescribed pollywog costume of trousers, loud shirts and ties worn backward.* Margaret wore a shoe-length slicker and sou'wester, which made her look like a Morton Salt boy. She was told to mount watch for Davy Jones, who traditionally appears the day before crossing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: No. I Pollywog | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

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