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...irate Joe Starnes of Guntersville, Ala. exclaimed last week upon the floor: "Two weeks ago he had the power to override one of the ablest members of the House of Representatives and his subcommittee-I refer to the gentleman from Virginia [Clifton Alexander Woodrum]. A week ago, according to the press, he came on the Hill and held a meeting in the office of the majority whip of the House, and yesterday he entered into the sanctum sanctorum, the office of the majority leader of this House, or the holy of holies. That is what the members of the House...
Hardest tournament in the world to win -composed, after the qualifying rounds, of 18-and 36-hole matches between the ablest golf professionals in the U. S.-the Professional Golfers Association Championship at Pittsburgh last week was a serious, businesslike affair. To contestants, it was important not only because of the $10,000 in prizes. The prestige of doing well in the P. G. A. is likely to enlarge a professional golfer's income from other sources. Contestants indulged in no disputes or blunders of behavior. After five days of play, four of the young men whose names appear...
Nudes have never been rejected by the Royal Academy, but they have always had to be genteel nudes. Ablest figure in the Academy was Model Resting by David Jagger (see cut). Round this a small storm centred, not because the well-painted figure was nude, but because her toenails were polished crimson, a Continental touch that many critics felt to be un-British...
...Deal's political machine to whip reluctant Senators into line, the persuasion of Franklin Roosevelt's irresistible tongue to swing public opinion, realized one thing which they had failed to take into account: the ability of nine old men immured in a neoclassic temple to outmaneuver the ablest politician in the U. S. Yet by accident or design the Supreme Court had twice done...
...field which included Gene Sarazen, Tony Manero, Harry Cooper, Craig Wood, Henry Picard and most of the other ablest professionals, only six drives out of ; total of 123 went beyond 300 yd. All three of Sam Snead's were in the six. His shorter drives were 304 yd. 31 in., 302 yd 7 in. In addition to his prize for the longest single drive, he got $150 for the best total distance - 920 yd. 19 in. Snead weighs 170 lb., uses a full swing and beautifully balanced body shift, usually hits a low, long-rolling ball with a slight...