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...were a time bomb-made some major speeches off the cuff. That way his sincerity came through, but Ike was not used to the split-minute timing necessary for television, sometimes rambled on, made some blunders. Ike finally settled on a prepared text in a looseleaf notebook from which he reads, with occasional ad libs. His delivery has improved astonishingly, but he still swallows the ends of his sentences and runs over his applause...
...Brooklyn thrusts bravely upward from narrow sidewalks, a man emerges almost every day bound for Washington Square, a few blocks away. A weathered hat rides high on a head seeking to soar from squared shoulders loosely draped in an old jacket, from the left pocket of which protrudes a notebook. The face under the hat takes daylight as though it and the light and air are friends. Hazel eyes, which now seem abstracted, can, in the closer proximity of a room, . pierce disconcertingly or brim with laughter or mischief like a child's. The nose is strong, the mouth...
Samples from the governor's notebook...
Ikeman Ronald Welch is brooding over convention arrangements. His notebook is crammed with entries ranging from bands, calliope, "banner-towing helicopters," TV sets and tea parties to "impromptu demonstrations." The plans for "impromptu demonstrations" are only slightly less elaborate than those of another Eisenhower staff for D-day eight years...
...leader of Galveston's Temple B'nai Israel, whom Woodrow Wilson called "the First Citizen of Texas"; in Houston. British-born Henry Cohen came to Galveston in 1888, soon became famous for scurrying through the streets and stopping to jot down on his long, white cuff ("my notebook") the names of those he must help, regardless of creed ("There is no such thing as Methodist mumps, Baptist domestic troubles, Presbyterian poverty or Catholic broken legs"). His interest in parole work was sparked by Author O. Henry, a onetime convict, and he became a leader in Texas prison reform...