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...result of that ultimatum was the Lightning Messenger Service-"Quick as a Flash." With a rickety model T, 5,000 blotters printed on credit and a borrowed telephone, Di Salle soon worked up a brisk business to support his wife and still keep on at law school. Di Salle finished law school (at 23), but had a dispute with the dean. "It was all a question of degree," says Mike. "I didn't get it." (Now that he has come up in the world and the law school has a new dean, Di Salle will soon get a retroactive...
...first witness was Mrs. Harry Ross from the League of Women Voters. Mrs. Ross arranged her papers with an air of brisk efficiency. In a clear voice she explained that the new law would not take care of anything that is not covered by the Smith Act of 1940, which makes it a crime to advocate overthrow of the government. "But," said Mrs. Ross, "we are not entitled to deny any group a place on the ballot, or the right to express their opinions...
Just the thought of his coming vacation at Key West and that bright Florida sunshine had brought him back to bubbling good humor. Brisk and smiling, he waded through a man-killing schedule, clearing his desk for the big day. He went on television with a plea for the Red Cross campaign, accepted a leather-bound manuscript on "How to Be Prepared" from three bright-eyed little Girl Scouts, saw a group of Negro leaders, shook hands with oldtime Socialist Norman Thomas, and brushed off his weekly press conference in 13 minutes with a record burst of no comments...
Rommel, the Desert Fox, by Desmond Young. A brisk, well-written biography by a British brigadier who obviously admires his subject (TIME...
...there are certain things that neither time nor the Eliot Bridge will be able to change. On those brisk Saturday afternoons throughout the fall, the crowds will continue to stumble and sing their way across the old Anderson Bridge. Rowing upstream from M.I.T., the Anderson Bridge will be the last one before turning in, and it will always be the most direct route from Eliot House to the Business School...