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...lifted religion so far above the realm of creed and sect one can feel its pull and power...
...last week the Eisenhower bandwagon, having been given a pull here and a push there, was beginning to roll. "Ike for President" buttons were sprouting in growing numbers. George Allen, whose first loyalty is to Harry Truman, was anxiously stamping out rumors that he had his shoulder to the wheel, that he was even starting to work on an Eisenhower campaign fund. Then, on the day before New Year's, while General Ike was vacationing in Florida with his wife, Cissie Patterson's Washington Times Herald-which likes a sensation-gave the wagon a hefty shove...
...party more than 15 minutes. . . . We [liberals] are just a bunch of political prima donnas. . . . If everything doesn't go just our way, we bolt. . . . Let's not fool ourselves - we have more than 57 varieties." Despite their differences, the country's "liberals," LaGuardia thought, could pull together for "a proper economic adjustment in our country to permit people to live properly and decently." All 57 varieties of his listeners agreed. Frank King-don's National Citizens P.A.C. voted to dissolve*; so did Sculptor Jo Davidson's I.C.C.A.S.P...
When he learns that the executives in Benckendorff's factory are Nazis, he refuses to let it reopen. Benckendorff now gets Bruce to use pull, but Woodruff overrides him. Finally, Benckendorff has his son-in-law start a riot in the town, hoping it will bring about Woodruff's removal. But Woodruff quashes it and manages to keep the upper hand...
...vacation to the rest of the College, but to the hard-working members of the hockey squad it was just that many more days of rigorous training and practice for two holiday contests. Local pucksters mustered manpower enough to take on the B.A.A. and B.C., but lacked strength to pull a victory out of either game...