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...Avenue ignored the sirens. In Times Square spectators reading the news bulletins paid no attention when police ordered them off the street. On a street corner a couple of volunteer wardens got into an argument over whose corner it was. An angry passerby said to a policeman: "What the hell's the reason for scaring people to death...
...Carter Glass, 83-year-old Virginia Senator, watched the signing. He told the President that some Senators had wanted to phrase the declaration so as not to hurt the feelings of the Axis nations. Snarled the aged fireball: "I said: 'Hell, we don't want to hurt their feelings, we want to kill them...
...consequences of a lucky hit on exposed telephone wires, or whether or not it would be a good idea to use Boy Scouts as messengers during a raid. (When someone suggested that young boys ought to be kept out of harm's way, a veteran father said, "Hell, if there are bombs dropping, you won't be able to keep the kids indoors anyway.") A man from the gas company feelingly urged his fellow wardens not to attempt any repair jobs on broken gas-mains, etc., but to send for him-"and for God's sake...
...room, dazzling with gold-silk furniture, pillars and goddesses, echoed with the Oriental cheers. When he finished his eloquent speech, the Minister selected a cigaret from the skull of a tiger whose open jaws were lined with gold, and ended solemnly, in English: "Gentlemen, we'll lick the hell out of 'em. That is the motto of the Thai people...
...Marines' Headquarters in Washington their bemedaled commandant, Major General Thomas Holcomb, said: "What the hell did you expect the Marines to do? Take it lying down...