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Lewis expected to dominate the new president, a mild, friendly man-but Green disappointed him. Ten years later, Lewis was thundering denunciation at Green-"a frightened little man who would sell his own breed down the river," he called him. "I have done a lot of exploring of Bill Green's mind," snarled Lewis in one of his classic utterances in 1940, "and I give you my word there is nothing there...
...Kefauver committee investigations, the U.S. public became well acquainted with the modern racket boss, a suave fellow who invests his money in the most respectable enterprises, patronizes a fashionable psychiatrist, and takes pains to meet all the best people. The first well-publicized specimen of this new breed of gangsters was New York's Frank Costello. Last week, with Costello safely tucked away in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary on a contempt rap, New York's four-man State Crime Commission opened public hearings in Manhattan, and soon flushed the man billed as Costello's heir, another sample...
...Unique Breed. In a recent book on Korea, Marine Major Andrew Geer tried to describe the singularity of that unique breed: "Marines have a cynical approach to war. They believe in three things: liberty, payday and that when two Marines are together in a fight, one is being wasted . . . They are proud, sensitive and haughty to the point of boorishness with other military organizations. A Marine's concept of a perfect battle is to have other Marines on the right and left flanks, Marine aircraft overhead and Marine artillery and Naval gunfire backing them...
...with him." Clasby, seated reading a book, only smiled. "Do you mean that message for me downstairs? Forget it. The guys are kidding me again." Such humor, three days before the Yale game, was lost on me, but I learned long ago that football players are a funny breed. I got to the reason for my visit right away...
...Journal's cold dope on the dogs was out of date. From 1900 to 1949, the dogs sometimes carried brandy, sometimes tea. Now the dogs no longer do rescue work alone, but accompany men who carry the liquid refreshments them selves. And instead of the old St. Bernard breed, the hospice is using crossbred dogs -part bulldog, terrier and Pyrenees shepherd...