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...reaction of the Communists, who have made a sneering pun on Heimlich's name; they call him "Der unheimliche Mr. Heimlich [the uncanny Mr. Canny]." Periodically the Russians try to jam RIAS: habitually the Soviet press screams against it. But every week, more than 1,000 letters pour into RIAS from the Soviet zone. From Jena and Leipzig, Dresden and Potsdam, as well as Berlin, the letters urge RIAS "to keep up the fight...
...seeks to pour oil upon the waters, when God has brewed them into a gale! Woe to him who seeks to please rather than to appal! Woe to him whose good name is more to him than goodness...
...delegation of local fräuleins asked if something couldn't be done about Russian soldiers molesting German women. Said the commandant: "Always carry some ink with you. In case of distress, pour it over the soldier's clothes. Since every soldier has but one uniform, I can easily find out the culprit from the ink blot...
...caught Gehrmann just getting down to his mark. He had to pour it on to catch up, but at the quarter the red Wisconsin jersey was out in front-in 59.5. Track veterans, remembering Gil Dodds's windmill style, were struck by the contrast; like a good rumba dancer, Gehrmann hardly moved from the waist up. He was all legs, eating up the boards with a long (8½ ft.), smooth and relaxed stride. Crumpled in his right hand, Gehrmann clutched something blue-a handkerchief, for luck...
...silk hat, was sustained by a concealed, hip-high support, against which he leaned while still appearing to stand. He sipped coffee often-though he usually avoids the stuff-toasted his feet at a small electric heater installed on the floor. "It got so hot I had to pour one of those paper cups full of coffee on it to put out the fire," Truman said later...