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...moral shackles imposed by a long tradition of Puritanism and the incisive probings of the Watch and Ward Society, the population of Greater Boston today consumes what may well be a larger portion of spice with its reading than any other group of people in the country. Bostonians bow gracefully to the rebust vigilantes in matters of what plays to see, what songs to listen to, and what books to read, as long as they are left free to romp unfettered among the ax murders and attacks willingly dispensed by their morning papers...
Speaking for the rest of the department, the rescue squad men reported that false alarms, which used to occur fairly regularly in the vicinity of Bow Street have now become "definitely prewar stuff...
...nothing could better summarize the state of the Hungarian nation than the one thing Budapesters have managed to save from the wreckage: their famed wit. Once gay as a gypsy's bow and spicy as goulash á la Szekely, the jokes circulating through Budapest cafés last week were bitter...
...could criticize the General's sense of timing. Had his statement come later, some might have suspected that Harry Truman had suggested to Marshall that he bow himself out. And he had headed off a lot of sniping from Republicans, who could now cooperate on bipartisan foreign policy without the uneasy feeling that they might be building up a presidential candidate for the opposition...
...seemingly innocent people and assembled anywhere where cover can be found, in an embassy, attic, lodging or in a ship in harbor." Many atomic authorities would agree. But his theory that "once a weapon is used it becomes obsolete" is a bit sweeping considering the long bow (1,000 years), the rifle (six centuries plus) and the atomic bomb (18 months plus...