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...Porcine Delight. But in 1936, after Huey's assassination, the Long gang hauled him out, dusted him off and put him back into circulation. He ran for lieutenant governor along with their hand-picked candidate for governor, Dick Leche (rhymes with flesh...
...Leche-Long ticket won, but afterward nobody had time for Earl. The gang rushed to the public trough and swilled up wealth with porcine delight. Leche, a fat and jolly man, built himself a mansion on the exclusive St. Tammany "Gold Coast." George Caldwell, an even fatter man, who was construction supervisor for the burgeoning L.S.U. campus, built an even better one-its bathroom boasted 14-karat gold fixtures. Not to be outdone, Abe Shushan, president of the New Orleans Levee Board, built a mansion...
When Odessa struck oil 15 years ago, West Texans yahooed with delight. Last week, when a man named Hoiles struck Odessa (pop. 40,000), few citizens knew whether to toss their Stetsons into the air or jump on them. Even by Texas standards, the newcomer looked as ruggedly individualistic as a steer on the loose...
...general enthusiasm was not directed at Gertrude Stein's controversial writing, and probably never will be; it was directed at her lively, rugged personality, and she confided her delight to Kiddy...
Below Shanhaikuan the Communists have been raiding the railway on & off. When it runs, the refugees pour down toward Tientsin and Peiping, hard-pressed, pinched and depressed cities themselves but veritable gardens of delight and luxury to the people from the north...