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...Journal in an editorial: A "clear attempt to silence press criticism [was] launched this week . . . The hearing was, of course, a flagrant and cynical attempt to frighten more timid newspapers ... It did not intimidate Mr. Wechsler . . . But it will undoubtedly warn off other papers who might shrink from a brawl with low-blow Joe . . . We heartily endorse Mr. Wechsler's own demand that the American Society of Newspaper Editors study the transcript of this bullying private hearing...
...young 'Ntoni sank to the running of contraband, stabbed the local policeman in a brawl and was sentenced to five years at hard labor. Dishonored by her brother's crime, the younger sister ran away and became a prostitute; the elder stayed home to be an old maid. The old man died in the poorhouse. Alessi and the girl he loved, Nunziata, were left to rebuild the family's fortunes. "The house of the Malavoglia is destroyed'' a neighbor said in epitaph. "Cursed be the fate that led to so many misfortunes...
Then fell the news of Stalin's mortal stroke. Republican leaders grabbed it as a chance to avert a partisan brawl. The resolution, said Taft, was not worth a big fight. The Administration began studying ways more effective than resolutions to weaken the Communist grip on the slave nations...
...quick change, got out on the course in matter of minutes. On hand to greet him at the first tee was his favorite caddy, Willie Perteet. Ike calls Willie "Cemetery," a refinement on his usual nickname, "Dead Man." (In 1932 Willie was cut up so badly in a brawl that a doctor pronounced him dead.) With Willie in tow, the President set off over the course, striding along briskly, as he habitually does while golfing. He got in seven holes before dusk...
That very night, Gambler Randy shows up outside Rowdy's window with a bullet wound in his upper arm and a plea of "Hide me" on his lips. A Congressman's son has been killed in a shooting brawl, and Randy is sure he will be tagged with the rap. Rowdy not only hides him, she takes charge of his getaway by car and speedboat...