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...Suzy," the ultra-fashionable hatshop is the same old chaotic monkey house it always was. The floor like a carpenter's shop, ankle-deep in debris, straws, feathers, spangles and silk flowers. Clients sitting mesmerized before individual mirrors, Sumner Welles at last forgotten, while cunning workwomen pull roses or bows over their right eyes...
...Roosevelt observed that this latest Blitzkrieg should make the U. S. people think seriously about the potentialities of World War II. Thanks to his and Secretary Hull's slightly awry foresight, the President had only to reach into the files, pull out and brush up proclamations and orders already prepared to orient the U. S. to World War II's greater scope. As though by rote, Roosevelt & Hull...
...last year the H.S.U. was asking for collective security, and now is on an isolationist tack. The answer to that is that the H.S.U. has learned well the lesson of the World War; that America has a fatal tendency to jump into Europe when war is raging, and then pull out when peace comes...
...zaro Cárdenas, when he chooses to play the dictator, can pull the country out of a crisis, but he is an idealist and his ideal is the Constitution. The Constitution says that the President may not succeed himself, and so Cárdenas will not run. He will not even endorse a candidate. "The people must choose," says...
...caroms). He had to compete against ten of the best players in the game, two of whom, during the course of the double round-robin tournament, succeeded in equaling previous records: one for consecutive points, the other for best (shortest) game. Playing calmly and steadily, muttering occasionally, "Come on, pull yourself together," Hoppe won match after match. With his 16th straight win he clinched the title, but still he clicked on. When the play ended Hoppe had suffered no defeats, amassed a record sweep of 20 victories, set a new average of 1. 1 6 1 points per inning...