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Telegrams from the White House. Phil Perlman's victory grin, and the steel lawyers' open dismay, showed how the tide of the legal battle had apparently shifted in the Administration's favor. But Phil Murray did not volunteer to call off the strike. The day after the circuit court decision, Harry Truman had to move again. At his regular news conference, he insisted that he would abide by the court rulings. He had no ambition to be a dictator, he said. He just wanted to keep the country running. That night he sent off telegrams to Phil...
...Curtain. We see how for miles behind the frontier they have razed every village. And we tell each other: Poldi, Freddi, Pepperl, we say, if this is the People's Democracy, then we are better off with what we have, even-" and he pointed to himself with a grin "-even if the government is no good...
...still for Stevenson, thinks his man "should & would accept" a draft. Even Harry Truman, who had displayed his own brand of purebred no only last month, seemed far from convinced. At his flood conference in Omaha, the President shook Stevenson's hand, gave him a big grin and said: "Adlai, I don't believe...
...cool blue eyes examined it with icy intentness. The ball, a hairbreadth outside the strike zone, plopped into the catcher's glove. Not until the umpire called "ball," almost resignedly, did Eddie ("The Brat") Stanky allow himself the small grimace that, during a game, passes for a satisfied grin...
...outrun his grandmother. But I wouldn't trade him for any second baseman in the league." When the New York baseball writers voted a special award to Eddie Stanky, they were stumped when the time came to define just what the trophy was for. Stanky, with a grin, helped them out. "Thank you," he said, "for appreciating my intangibles...