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...time since 1930. It was a week in which Leon needed to have all his wits about him. Instead, he got into a tiff with Chrysler Corp., infuriated cotton Congressmen, got a very bad press, and wound up with a draft of a price-fixing law, which Congress promptly tore to pieces...
...leader of the London County Council he tore down "undoubtedly beautiful" but shaky Waterloo Bridge amid loud outcries, built a bridge that could be crossed. He also tore down slums, ran up housing projects, created a Green Belt around London. Morrison, says Author Strauss, would "cheerfully die at the barricades to defend the sewage system of London." Mrs. Strauss admits that Herbert's "dictatorial methods" are justified by results, but she cannot forgive him the remarks he made during the Popular Front fight...
Like two vast prehistoric monsters lifting themselves out of the swamp, half-blind and savage, the two great totalitarian powers of the world now tore at each other's throats. But the time gained was no gain unless urgent use was made of it. No good use would be made of it if the U.S., pleased to see Naziism fighting Communism, relaxed its defense efforts...
...years ago the city, having already banished Sixth Avenue's trolley cars, tore down its elevated. That only lifted Sixth Avenue's veil. It needed its face lifted...
I.N.S. Correspondent Merrill ("Red") Muller declared with heat that the picture censorship "stinks." Collectively the correspondents tore their hair over the futilities of the M.O.I...