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...documentaries are grim reminders of the tragic significance of the war for Britain, not one is without its leavening of dry humor. There is a lift to the way a Dover anti-aircraftman dismisses the daily shelling by Nazi big guns across the Channel. Says he: "Aye, we see a flash, count 60, and there...
...hemisphere good will) to enter the U.S. Religiously Mr. Wallace has sat through hours of dull sessions ever since, aching to get even. Last week his moment came. A "comma amendment" (meaning "minor") had been overlooked in hasty consideration of an appropriation bill. Mr. Wallace called for the ayes and nays. In the sleepy Senate no one answered. Like a flash the Vice President declared the vote a tie and bellowed: "The Vice President votes aye and the amendment is agreed...
Administration Senators found a face-saver for him. On the objection of Georgia's Senator Russell that he had said "aye" but that his vote had not been heard and counted, the Senate this week voted to correct the "journal," mark the bill as passed by a vote of 33-to-32. But this retroactive rescue was slight consolation for dutiful, downcast Mr. Wallace...
...were the surge and confidence of Harvard's Tercentenary four years ago, at which, to President emeritus A. Lawrence Lowell's cry: "All those who believe that the world will still be in existence 2,000 years hence, and that the universities will still be here, say AYE," Harvard men shouted a thunderous "AYE...
...vote was moved. The Chamber's division bell rang. A few straddling Liberals left the room rather than commit themselves. The Provincial Legislature then condemned the National Government -aye, 44 (including the entire Conservative Opposition...