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Distributing U.S. food packets to hungry East Germans was Reuter's happiest chore. "I am glad," he told his people, "that for once we can do something except just talk...
...moments and places during a long day. "Incidentally" says Darby, "it's now next to a duty to learn to play golf. One of our colleagues does not play, and he has appointed me his copyreader on all golf stories. He asked me to do the chore after he got into print with a sentence saying that the President had teed up for a drive from the green...
...plan, originated by Arizona's up & coming Howard Pyle, will set the governors off on a Chautauqua-like swing through their own states, commencing next fall, to spread the Eisenhower faith and philosophy. Last week Pyle had signed up 15 prospective barnstormers. "A governor," Ike explained, "has the chore of trying to inform the people in his state so that they will in turn support reasonable programs nationally as well as statewide...
Allowing students to type examinations in special typing rooms would make the test chore a lot easier for many men. Students who are accustomed to thinking at the typewriter often find it harder to get their thoughts down smoothly in handwriting. Many men can type faster than they can write, and are used to seeing their thoughts typed in front of them. In addition, for the grader who has to wade through book after book of semi-legible scribbles, typed examinations would be a boon...
...patronage boss, Hall's No. 1 chore will be to streamline the processing of Republican job seekers. Basically, this means careful clearance with Congressmen and state political bosses before making appointments. Sherman Adams, crusty, hard-working ex-governor of New Hampshire, at first often overlooked this clearance. Then, when the squawks began, he grew so cautious that his office became a bottleneck. Another sore point among state and local partymen: the tendency of eager new Republican bureau heads to hurry the hiring of subordinates, thus bypassing patronage channels...