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...weeks ago, Big Jim rattled the teeth of the conservative Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association with a suggestion that industry ought to cut prices (TIME, March 8). Then he served blunt notice on the Old Guard that he would swing as much of the state's 73-man convention delegation as he could behind a progressive Republican presidential candidate...
...effect, then, the officers of Student Government simply ignored the evident legal aspects of their decision, which meant that they had conducted their vote under false pretenses. They sacrificed legality in a blunt way for expediency...
...announcement from Albany was carefully phrased to conceal the Dewey-men's concern. Said Dewey: "The time has come for a frank and blunt statement of the complex and serious problems confronting our nation and the world. . . . The national Administration has failed in its duty of frank discussion. I propose to bring before the American people the facts as I see them and the solutions I believe necessary...
...take office until May 11. He announced that he would set up a "little capital" in Baton Rouge. He wanted to prepare for the legislature; he had 3,000 jobs to hand out. The biggest, that of executive assistant, would probably go to Huey's curly-haired, blunt-nosed son Russell Long, a 29-year-old lawyer who wants to be governor too, some day. Earl also swore that he would keep his campaign promises (among them: free school lunches, $50-a-month old-age pensions, and bonuses for veterans), which the New Orleans States estimated would cost...
General Jonathan Wainwright, another blunt speaker, delivered a minority opinion: "I cannot get out of my head that when we turn the Nips loose they will rearm, as fast as they are able. I don't think we've sold democracy to them...