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...Shrewd And Timely...
Junior Bill Theodore is not as slick and fast as Viita, but he is more shrewd and timely on his attacks. Theodore may be second in epee...
...play with mine?" Egos clashed within the ranks-Drummer Rich jealously shattered Sinatra's romantic numbers with noisy rim shots until Sinatra exploded and tossed a full water pitcher at him. The touchiest ego of all belonged to the quick-tempered, perfectionist leader. Arrogant, yet gregarious, shrewd at finance, yet at times childlike and yearning for a less complicated life, Dorsey was one of the most powerful and enigmatic personalities...
...their savings there, and last month Home's assets reached $2.5 billion, making it almost twice the financial size of its nearest competitor. Home was a midget with assets of less than $1,000,000 in 1947 when Ahmanson bought it for $162,000; he was making a shrewd bet that the yet unstarted postwar housing boom would make fortunes for mortgage lenders...
Duehay, assistant dean of the Ed School, should be elected to a third term. Duehay helps form a link between the Ed School's research complex and the Cambridge schools and agressively stands for progress in the city's school system. Equally important, he has a shrewd sense of where to wage his battles and manages to work effectively with the School Committee's traditionalists. When the Committee voted three weeks ago to turn its facilities into "community schools"--open to public and private service groups during off hours--the motion was co-sponsored by Duehay and veteran Committeeman James...