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...imagination as the rugged (5 ft. 11 in., 170 Ibs.) man from Zambales. He displays emotions and utters words which might seem corny and insincere in more sophisticated men. In more than 1.500 villages and cities, he laughed, ate, mingled with and talked to the voters. "I love to shake the hands-the dirty hands -with the mud of the poor farmer. I love to shake the greasy hands of the mechanic. Although they are poor, I love to shake those hands rather than the hands of the Quirino politicians, who wash their hands ten times a day-perfumed hands...
...hard to call a play. In it, Miss Hull is an exactress who is also a tiny stockholder in a vast corporation. She attends a public stockholders' meeting, asks embarrassing questions and, as a way of being shushed, is hired by the company. Once installed, she engineers shake-ups and scandals, and at the end is head of the corporation...
...effort to shake his squad out of its low-scoring doldrums, Bruce Munro will make four or possibly five shifts in his starting team, the first large-scale overhaul of his starting lineup since the season began...
...industrial districts have been thronged with children playing melancholy hopscotch while parents, too poor for baby sitters, downed a pint or two behind the swinging doors. (" 'Ere, luv, you play outside 'ere, there's a good girl. Dads and me'll be out in a shake.") In recent years, some enterprising pub keepers have provided waiting rooms to keep the kids out of the cold, but even these fail to make waiting for Mum and Dads a cheerful affair...
Felt, who will present the report to the Athletic Association, commented, "It's largely a matter of the possible mechanics of the thing. If the program can be tried out this year, we can shake out a few bugs...