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...Coach Earl ("Red") Blaik, irritated by persistent de-emphasizers of intercollegiate sports, took a flying tackle at them and their "theory of mediocrity." Said he gruffly: "They've made it so you feel there's something shameful about having a good team ... If they succeed in getting rid of football . . . they'll have Americans like the French, spending their time sitting around in sidewalk cafes, sipping drinks and eying the girls...
...must have symbols, Preacher is Evil. His mind is contorted into a fantastic kind of Calvinist logic: He has been sent to rid the world of greed and sensual pleasure; to do so he must have money. Travelling up and down the Ohio he accomplishes all by enticing middle-aged widows to marry him; just before the wedding he acquires their meager fortune. Then he kills them. But when he marries the mother of the two children in hopes of getting the stolen money, he happily fails...
...American history . . . This is the Republican Administration I am talking about-not irresponsible members of Congress . . . They announced from the White House, with much fanfare, that they were doing a wonderful job-simply magnificent-of cleaning the Communists out of the Government, and that . . . already they had gotten rid of 1,456 'security risks.' The number had grown to 2,200 by the time of the State of the Union message ... It seems to me that the presidential press conference and the State of the Union message ought not to be used for such deceptive practices as this...
...cause of the outbreak. It carried a sharp warning for hospital nurseries everywhere. New diapers had been stamped with the hospital's name, and aniline oil from the ink had seeped through the skin into the babies' blood. A simple preventive: boil the diapers thoroughly, to get rid of excess oil, before using...
...Giovanni, and let go with both barrels: "In this presentation, Don Giovanni lives just across the street from Donna Anna, but she does not recognize him when he tries to rape her ... All this residential proximity turns the story into a news item about how two ladies got rid of a criminal neighbor...