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With President Truman calling the tunes from his Key West watering place, official Washington last week bustled about in a brisk game of musical chairs. It was "a cozy little game among the regulars; no new faces were invited in to play...
Dewey turned the matter over to his senate leader, brisk, pugnacious Art Wicks. Then, taking a leaf from Harry Truman's successful book, Dewey proclaimed that the people of New York were going to have rent control even if he had to call a special session...
...northern suburbs recently took advantage of their invulnerability to terrorize the neighborhood. A fortnight ago, some 50 of their fed-up neighbors took axes and dropped in on the seven to test their magic garments. Before the cops arrived three of the seven were dead. But a brisk demand for the red jackets continued. The dead men, everybody agreed, lacked faith...
Concluded brisk Lucinda Templin: "Character is the glue that holds society together. It has been allowed to dry out. We'll come unstuck right quick if we don't do something about it." Her audience listened and liked...
...envoys to ten South American countries met in Rio de Janeiro last week to thresh out regional problems and talk policy. Sparkplug of the meeting was brisk, affable Edward G. Miller, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. Also present, as observer and counselor: the State Department's planner in chief, scholarly George F. Kennan...