Word: cogs
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...last week the nine wise faces of nine elderly justices of the U. S. Supreme Court crinkled in sedate amusement as they wrung from a perspiring Assistant Attorney General the tale of how the New Deal's lawmaking machine had slipped a cog...
...never was an architect. Born 71 years ago in Bath, N. Y., he became a court reporter in nearby Hornell. In 1883 he was a cattle buyer in Holland and Scotland. Two years later he was a stenographer in the Treasury at Washington, gradually becoming a more & more important cog in that Department's machinery, When Supervising Architect Oscar Wenderoth resigned in 1915, Cog Wetmore agreed to take over his job "temporarily." Through Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover and the first hectic year of Roosevelt II he continued to function "temporarily." Because he was not an architect, he would not allow...
...definitely needs a lot more punch for its approaching series of hard games. One source of power that hasn't been tapped is the minute one of 157 pound Bill Parquette, who hasn't had much chance to prove his reputation as a pass expert. Bill may yet become cog No. A-1 in the Varsity's serial attack and perhaps in some tricky running plays. He main handicap so far has been the prevailing wetness of the field, but with a few more Saturday's like the last one the little ex-Salem, star may surprise the boys...
...Kluck was a soldier, an old veteran, leading his army in the field, yet he was only a cog in the awful machine that took no account of the destruction and sacrifice it tolled. He was a patriotic man serving his country. He took orders and asked no questions. His name will be associated in the annals of history with that impersonal and brutal engine of destruction which disrupted the entire world. Unfortunately there are others to take his place, others eager to defend their nation's honor, ready to make the supreme sacrifice for a cause they neither understand...
...Roberti herself. Tamara, in the role of Stephanie, the successor to Madame Roberta as the guiding light of the dressmaking business and the eventual heroine of the piece, is intriguingly pleasant. Our hero, an All-American fullback who becomes involved in dress-making is hardly more than an unavoidable cog in the necessary story, which is itself of very minor importance, since the story, too, is mainly important in forming a frame for the wholly enjoyable Kern melodies. But the story is inconspicuously pleasant as a setting for the music, and the general result, we repeat, is fine...