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Earl himself was not so much a root as a full-grown shoot. He had split away from Huey in 1931, calling his brother "a big-bellied coward." Earl was a gravel-voiced, bitin', scratchin' man. He once nearly bit an antagonist's finger off. On another occasion, he sank his teeth so deep in the neck of a state representative that the legislator took a shot of lockjaw serum...
...secret protocol tothe Nazi-Soviet pact divvied up Poland and split the Baltic States between Russian and German spheres of influence. From the protocol: "The question of whether the interests of both parties make desirable the maintenance of an independent Polish state and how such a state should be bounded can only be definitely determined in the course of further political developments. . . . Attention is called by the Soviet side to its interest in [Rumania's] Bessarabia...
...within 48 hours, Ken Wherry was indignantly on the defensive. "We are not going to form an anti-anything bloc," he protested. "It was just a meeting to see what should be done about the Marshall Plan. This was not a move to split the party but a meeting to see what could be done about avoiding differences of opinion on the floor...
Almost 500 students braved snow and forewent exam study to watch British debating style win the split-decision of judges Karl Compton, President of M.I.T.: Ralph Lowell '12, member of the Board of Overseers; and Charles E. Whitamore, British Consul-General in Boston...
...farm tractor and implement business. Ferguson claimed that the Ford Motor Co. had "recognized the validity [of his patents] and placed the statutory patent notice on all tractors manufactured down to June 1947." He wanted to collect triple damages on the 37,000 tractors Ford has made since the split, and other damages for having "virtually rendered the business of the Ferguson Co. unprofitable...