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Ernest W. McFarland of Florence, Ariz., who beat Polysyllababbler Henry Fountain Ashurst to the Democratic nomination, is 45, ruddy, big-fisted, almost 6 ft., 180 lb., sober of habit, awkward but sincere in oratory. A county judge, he drawls, rides well, owns several farms and believes Communists should not vote...
There are numerous reasons why the practice is unsound. Following so quickly on the heels of the final big game, some brilliant performance by an individual assumes an importance outweighing the quality of inspirational leadership. Enthusiasm rather than sober judgment tends to away the vote. The ten months intervening between the election and the start of the next season can readily develop drastic and unforeseeable circumstances. Captains elect have been forced to give up their college careers for varied, personal reasons. Captains elect have flunked out of college. Captains elect have gone on probation and were ineligible to lead their...
...that the election is over, Wendell Willkie has become a much more sober and conservative speaker. He has also become a more sober and conservative political thinker--mostly more conservative...
...fantastic mixup between Progressives and Democrats, piled up on Wisconsin's Senator Robert Marion La Follette Jr. Not until the last precincts had reported could he be sure of beating sober, conservative Republican Frederick H. Clausen...
...peaceful Chicago Symphony has never been notable for its interest in contemporary music. For 36 years it has played sober classics under the benign baton of white-haired Frederick Stock. But this season, to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Chicago Symphony arranged something special. It commissioned a composition from each of ten famous living composers, announced a bill of world premieres that might have turned Boston's Serge Koussevitzky green with envy...