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There used to be a weed which was a pest and which would overrun lawns and pastures, etc. It was called "dogfennel." The favorite joke was that the way to get rid of dogfennel was to pour whiskey on it and the Baptists would...
...well he can make the confused Surplus Property Act of 1944 work. When it was passed, it was loudly damned as unworkable. Retiring Board Chairman Guy M. Gillette did little to take the curse off, laid down no clear-cut policy to sell the billions to come. To get rid of it, Symington will need to flavor caution (to keep property out of the hands of fly-by-night promoters), with shrewd sales promotion. He will have to find new uses for old products...
...Rid of the Lumpen...
Then another old man spoke up: "Let , get rid of these Lumpen [scoundrels] once and for all. They have had us under the yoke long...
...debate last week: "The Council can only discuss whether a dispute can be discussed and can only investigate whether it would be investigated." The charter draft showed the effect of this sort of talk. Dean Virginia Gildersleeve thought it a shame that the Pre amble, at least, was not rid of legal writing so that it would be an inspiration to the world. Fraser agreed. He suggested that the Preamble be given to Poet Archibald MacLeish, Assistant Secretary of State, so that he could imbue it with "life and soul and spirit...