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...Andover, Hill, Choate. He had not thought of Lawrenceville until Headmaster Heely, after plotting unsuccessfully to get an introduction, seized the bull by the horns by marching straight into the Harkness office. How much, calmly asked Mr. Harkness, did Lawrenceville want? Twelve days later Headmaster Heely returned with his sleek head full of ideas, got Edward S. Harkness' promise to erect and endow a new administration building, split two old classroom buildings into 49 conference rooms fitted out with oval tables, easy chairs and rugs, hire enough new teachers to make the Plan work...
...long trial through which sleek Businessman Lucania sat with reptilian calm, his high-powered lawyers launched into a 13-hour summation for the defense, attacking the credibility of the prosecution's witnesses, declaring that strumpets had been taken on wild parties by the state in order to induce them to testify. Mr. Dewey contented himself with a seven-hour answer. Urging the jury not to spare Lucania, he declared: "Unless you are willing to convict the top man you might as well acquit everyone...
Onetime Senator George Higgins Moses from New Hampshire rushed about making statements to stir up enthusiasm for Candidate Frank Knox. Bald-domed Carl Bachmann from West Virginia bustled for Candidate Borah. But the spotlight burned steadily on the sleek, curly head of young John Hamilton, manager for Alf Landon. Perched on the back of an overstuffed chair in Cleveland's old-fashioned Hollenden Hotel, Hamilton had the Press basking at his feet as he announced that Landon would have over 300-no-over 400 votes, perhaps a majority (502 votes) on the first ballot...
Lawd make preacher big an' fat, Sleek an' shiny lak a beaver...
...tournament which, except when it was won by German Helene Mayer, has always been won by Easterners, was one indication of fencing's spreading vogue. An even more spectacular one has been provided this winter by the presence in New York of Aldo Nadi. Aldo Nadi is a sleek, suave and almost incredibly elegant young man from Livorno, Italy, who makes no secret of the fact that he is the best fencer in the world...