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August justices of the Supreme 'Court, split with feuds, shrilled at one another like fishwives. Said Justice Jackson: "I told Justice Black . . . that I would not stand for any more of his bullying...
...after De Gaulle spoke, the "world that tends to divide itself" quietly and symbolically cracked in two. Britain accepted the U.S. offer to combine economic administration of the U.S. and British zones of Germany, and France will likely join them soon. Russia, largely responsible for the split occupation of Germany, will probably keep her own zone isolated. Then two Germanics, two Europes, two worlds, will face each other across a widening breach...
...boys in the back room were thinking ahead. The Fifth District, taking in Kansas City's "silk stocking" South Side, has never been a Democratic stronghold. The Boss's slap at Slaughter was irrevocable; with the Democrats split into factions, the Republican candidate might easily win in November...
...week's end, Chicago was beginning to get on to this business of Bill's split personality. The drugstore D.A.s declared that Bill Heirens was either nuts, or the coldest murderer in the city's murder-studded history-and the hell with this George routine...
Michigan's round Jesse Wolcott, leader of the Republican pro-loan bloc, corralled an unexpected 61 G.O.P. votes for the bill in the final tally, which showed a split in the ranks of both major parties...