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Friends of Harry Truman, Lippmann recalled, resented preconvention complaints that Mr. Truman was not equal to the presidency of the U.S. "A complaint of that kind is almost impossible to prove," observed Lippmann, "as long as the President remains in Washington within the majestic structure of his office . . . But now the country has Mr. Truman's own estimate of how necessary it is for him to exercise the functions of the presidency...
Meanwhile, at University Hall, the mechanical difficulties seemed to be contagious. Late Saturday, one of two IBM calculators blew a main pin while sorting exams and clattered to a stop. Sunday afternoon its twin came up with the same complaint and abruptly creased to tabulate exam results...
...heroes of a great moral war march home with a repertory of invective almost tragically thin and banal. Like any other Christian soldiers, they used a great deal of foul language in field and camp, but very little of it got beyond a few four-letter words . . ." This complaint, in which Burges Johnson concurs, would be perfectly sound if cursing were entirely a verbal matter, but it is not. Its effect is proportionate to the kidney of the curser. The four-letter banalities that bore Mr. Mencken might suffice to turn him pale when uttered in foulness of spirit. Likewise...
...radio's sins, Woodward has a typically British complaint: "By adding to speech, the BBC has lessened the amount of desirable silence in the world...
...schools had one common complaint: too many students. In many a U.S. city and town, schools would operate in two shifts. Youngsters would be going to school in cafeterias, churches, and prefabs -and no immediate relief in sight. Said a Detroit school official: "It will be tough through...