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...gone to too many farewell parties, smashed too many beer bottles in fireplaces, seen too many people off at South Station. The inevitable pattern of "Gee, I hate to leave the old place;" a pause, and then, "well, so long kid, see you," the over hearty hand-shake and the quick turning away, had begun to seem almost indecent...
...Administration's men, fighting stubbornly to postpone any investigation or trial, repeated their well-worn arguments: a public trial now would drag military secrets into the open. It might shake public confidence in military leaders. Officers could not spare time from the battlefronts to appear as witnesses. Said New Dealing Representative John W. Murphy, of Dunmore, Pa. : "It seems strange and unusual . . . when we are having the greatest crisis in the history of our world, that instead of being in the chapel on our knees praying, we have men here attempting as palace guards, or desk generals...
Allied cause can shake. A still more penetrating suggestion: if you want to under stand an Irishman, or the Irish, examine his passion, not his reason...
Solemnly stepping through their paces, the Senators first received the House-passed Marcantonio bill, which would outlaw the poll tax in eight Southern states. On cue, bombastic old Tom Connally rose up to shake his grey-white mane and speak his piece about States' rights. "Because my own State of Texas does not conduct its affairs as the State of New York thinks it should conduct them," he declaimed, "these crusaders, these Sir Galahads, mount their steeds and come down into Texas to modify us, and to Christianize us, and to liberalize us, and to modernize...
...with a bottle of gin by his fiancee when she sees him kissing another girl. Sound familiar? It's not what happened to you last weekend; it's only the beginning of the revival of Mark Twain's fantasy, "A Connecticut Yankee." Attempts to streamline the new production and shake off the dust it has acquired have largely failed. Despite some moments of light humor, it oftens becomes so dull that you wish someone would hit you over the head with a bottle of gin and put you out of your misery...