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...horses on the bright, white coral roads and the occasional cling of a cyclist's bell took the place of whining tires and peremptory blares. Black coachmen were unfailingly polite and the tranquil roads were a pleasure to walk. Five years ago a Governor General resigned in a huff because the Colonial Assembly would not let him have a car for personal use. Exceptions to the rigid ban: fire engines, ambulances, garbage trucks...
...gust of wind that blew the tent down, making it necessary to hold the auction in a crowded, drafty barn, was definitely an act of God. Even so, for a registered herd, the bids were suspiciously low. Jersey cows went at $100, and the owner stomped off in a huff when $10 was bid for a young bull. Squire Henry Morgenthau Jr.'s whole herd of 100 purebred dairy cattle at his Fishkill, N.Y. farm brought a total of $15,598-only half again as much as he had paid for the sire 25 years...
After a brief, angry look at what had been going on in WPB while he was away, Don Nelson sat down and wrote out his resignation. Then, in a well-harnessed huff, he hurried off to the White House to ask Franklin Roosevelt some pointed questions...
Groaning under record loads of passengers and freight, short of men, shy of equipment, U.S. railroads have chugged along by dint of many a huff, puff and prayer, and some luck. Now their luck seemed to be running...
...Convict Water C. Huff, 21, serving a year for reckless driving, testified: "I came here with two other boys and after Captain Clay took off my handcuffs ... he busted me in the mouth with his fist and my teeth are loose now. Big Jim kicked us and put two picks on us. Captain Clay . . . then took us back to the little house in front of the pigpen and beat me up. He made me bend over the bed and he let loose. ... I was so sore I had to lay on my stomach. . . . The beating was on Sunday...