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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Soon Powell and his educational principles became the talk of the township. The music teacher resigned: she had been assigned only to running study halls. The athletic coach quit because "My educational philosophy and that of the school superintendent were as far apart as the two poles . . ." Other stories dealt with paddling, long a traditional punishment for the unruly at Twinsburg. One student, struck on the nose, was placed under a doctor's care. A girl, caught chewing gum, had it stuck in her hair by a teacher and plastered down with Scotch tape.' The teacher was suspended...
Dewey had made some handsome promises. In some instances he had out-dealt the New Deal. But as Russell Davenport, who had brain-trusted Willkie's campaign, pointed out: Dewey's interest was "in the manipulation of political machinery and in saying the right thing just before it was too late...
Cruel & Unusual. In Omaha, Grocer Amil Martin explained how he had dealt with an armed hold-up man: "I began sacking groceries and just ignored him." The thug finally gave up, said "Okay, Mac, you win," went away emptyhanded...
Charley Mains, whose Eliot football machine hasn't dropped a game since October 1946, was dealt a series of low blows in the last week. He saw threequarters of the best backfield in the Intramural League melt away before his eyes. Old Man Injury returned to House football and did a bang...
Still Speaking. Jones observes: "Vital religion cannot be maintained and preserved on the theory that God dealt with our human race only in the far past ages, and that the Bible is the only evidence we have that our God is a living, revealing, communicating God. If God ever spoke, He is still speaking ... He is the Great I Am, not a Great...