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...sailing ships-then came steam and electric power, and gasoline and oil power, and now, atomic power. Not one of these powers ever canceled out the powers we already .had. In every development we made, the original power-manpower-became more valuable than ever. Never in history has man gotten higher rates of pay for his work than he is getting today...
...rather extreme [example] of what has become a habit pattern for most of our liberal paladins. None get better, some get worse, and the best of them earn what credit they deserve by standing still. That is why Harry Cain deserves an award of some sort. Harry Cain has gotten better. As a Senator, Harry Cain was one of Joe McCarthy's best friends. When he was cut down by the voters of Washington in 1952, Cain settled down as a member of the Subversive Activities Control Board...
Although placing only ninth in the fall point standings, Thayer North looms as a threat to the current leaders. With forward Ted Moskowitz scoring up to 30 points a game in the first half, Thayer lost only to Hollis in a double overtime playoff game. Like Grays, it has gotten off to a good start with two straight wins...
...Rubinstein continued his rascally ways, and his ill-gotten fortune grew. He was sued or charged with everything from swindling to a Mann Act violation (with a blonde on a Caribbean cruise). He hired the best available legal talent, e.g., Connecticut's late Senator Brien McMahon, and paid double fees when he was acquitted. Sometimes, his friendship proved embarrassing: in 1943 the nomination of Ed Flynn, the late Democratic boss of the Bronx, to be Minister to Australia, was withdrawn after his legal associations with Rubinstein were revealed in the Senate...
Lacking the "one dependable man" to steady the team, Munro has had to switch his starting lineup for nearly every game. Consequently almost the entire squad has gotten game experience, but he has yet to find a satisfactory blend of scoring punch and aggressiveness...