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...hundred amendments to that bill had been beaten down. Paul Douglas had lost his brave battle to get rid of millions of dollars of pork-barrel items. The only effective gesture at economizing was an amendment directing the Administration to shave 10%, some way, from all non-defense items, for an estimated saving of $525 million. Thus the onus of specific economies would fall on the Administration, while Congress took the credit...
Like many another self-made man, Milan Industrialist Giuseppe Verzocchi, 63, believes in hard work. As Italy's leading brickmaker, he also believes in bricks. Last year, barrel-shaped Giuseppe Verzocchi persuaded 72 of Italy's leading contemporary artists to paint pictures that 1) celebrated the virtues of work and 2) included, somewhere on the canvas, at least one brick. In exchange, he guaranteed them 100,000 lire ($160) apiece and the promise of a public showing...
...skillful stand around doomed Taejon, were spilling the blood of attackers who kept coming on in waves. The Reds had surprised everyone with their fighting ability and determination, but on closer acquaintance they had shown certain weaknesses, such as attacking in vulnerable masses. They also had a tendency to barrel straight ahead with their armor, using it as a sledge hammer instead of as a meat chopper. This kind of tactics permitted U.S. withdrawals when things got too hot; it also meant that the Reds were not causing as much destruction as the Germans did in the blitzkrieg phase...
Gibney cabled: "Lieut. Jim Little, driving in the lead jeep, suddenly found himself staring down the barrel of a 50-caliber, machine gun only 45 feet away. His panic-stricken Korean interpreter jumped out and the G.I. driver threw up his hands to surrender. Both were cut down by a merciless blast from the machine gun. A Red soldier then jumped into the road and drew a bead on Little with his rifle. Luckily, the weapon jammed. Little had time to duck into the shelter of a house by the roadside. Said he, later, 'I could see every inch...
Ashfield, Mass., or a visiting Russian watercolorist's impressions of early 19th Century Night Life in Philadelphia (some young fops and a floozy gathered around an oyster barrel...