Word: caging
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...just ahead was the "squirrel cage"-the staff of experts and writers whose job was to dig up facts, rough out drafts for Willkie speeches. Head of the squirrel cage was dark, intense Russell ("Mitch") Davenport, onetime FORTUNE managing editor, whom Willkie affectionately calls "The Zealot." Others: Pierce Butler, dry-witted, sunken-cheeked Minneapolis lawyer, son of the late famed conservative Supreme Court Justice; "Bart" Crum. smart young San Francisco lawyer; Raymond Leslie Buell, jug-eared foreign affairs expert; blond, sharp-eyed young Elliott V. Bell, former New York Times financial expert. Their routine was agonizing and invariable. One would...
Forward of the squirrel cage was a lounge car for the "boll weevils" (local politicos); two diners (which became traveling nightclubs after the last speech of the day); a press lounge; car after car of reporters, cameramen, assorted camp followers. One of the most popular inhabitants of the train was Porter Foley, who could get there fustest with the mostest drinks. In one week he drew $40 in tips...
There will be three short speeches, given by Sherm Gray, president of the Undergraduate Athletic Council, Captain Joe Gardella, and Coach Dick Harlow. The entire program will not last more than 20 minutes, and in the event of rain, the assembly will be moved to Briggs Cage...
...alternated against the "C," and there were no injuries after all the dust had cleared away in Briggs Cage. At the conclusion of the scrimmage it was announced that center Tom Grover has been promoted to the red jersey squad, bringing it up to a 22 total...
...Detroit, Sydney Sliker was found in the cashier's cage of a West Side bank at 2 a.m., scanning columns of names and figures. His explanation: "Gladys wouldn't tell me how much money she has so I decided to find out for myself." Mrs. Sliker's rejoinder: "My account isn't in that bank, anyway...