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...Ax to Grind. The big success came because a hardy few managed to surmount the follies of the planners. The first settlers-drawn principally from Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin-were granted 40 acres apiece, plus 30-year loans (at 3%). The Government had promised concrete foundations and basements for cabins, but foundation timbers were laid in the mud. Families received a grindstone, and 20 sacks of coffee beans were sent in, but axes were scarce, and there were no coffee-grinders...
...behind the maroon cover of Who's Who is no heavy-footed bureaucrat ; he plays his part in the Government with the same soft touch that he uses on the pedals of the Hammond organ in his Johns Hopkins residence-in stocking feet. Far from being a doctrinaire ax grinder, he bends over backward to present objective views to Ike. Indeed, he is most reluctant of all to give advice on the subject he knows best and feels most strongly about: agriculture...
...worshiped. Coming upon a grim idol and ignoring its scowl, he ordered the idol removed. In church next Sunday, he preached on the text: "Thou shalt not have strange gods before me." At a suitable moment the friar produced the idol and had it chopped to pieces with an ax and burnt. Later the idolaters had Gage cudgeled, stabbed and put in such fear of his life that the local authorities sent a train of armed men to arrest the attackers. Shortly thereafter Gage returned to England-and to religious conflict no less bitter...
...programs or shifted their ad budgets to other media. Series-type programs (which require a chunk of network time each week) are being dropped in favor of one-shot spectaculars (which occupy only 60-90 minutes a month). Some of TV's most prestigious shows have got the ax, including Edward R. Murrow's See It Now, Climax!, Wide, Wide World, Suspicion, Kraft Theater...
...outside Russia could be sure just what political forces were at play in last week's Central Committee meeting; they could only judge by results. But there were many tipsters, ax grinders and self-appointed experts who have long professed to know...