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...Enough. In Denver, a spring-fevered columnist tested an old metaphor, concluded that it takes a roll of exactly 158 one-dollar bills to choke a horse...
...Grant and Miss Smith, credit them with not wincing once while mouthing dialogue that would choke Mr. Arbuthnot. Also in the hapless cast are caustic Monty Wooley and warbling Ginny Simms, both of whom work hard and reasonably effectively throughout the film...
...appointment of Keen Johnson, ex-Governor of Kentucky, from a $35,000-a-year public relations job to a $10,000 post as Under Secretary of Labor (TIME, Aug. 12) set the stage for appeasing the A.F.L. The choice, made with Schwellenbach's approval, also appeared to choke off the longtime ambition of White House Adviser Steelman to succeed the hapless...
...rough sailing, set his course to the prevailing winds. The word from the White House last week was that the President would try to stay out of political controversy, try to keep out of the news, make few trips, do little campaigning. He would also make efforts to choke off unseemly intra-administration rows, once more allow the nation to feel that it was moving in peace & calm...
...doubted that closer control of nonscheduled flying was needed. But too drastic control would almost certainly choke off new competition altogether. Nonscheduled carriers grumbled that the CAB was killing a vigorous young industry in order to protect the monopoly of the established lines. Snapped Sigfried Samuelsson, executive vice president of their trade body, the Institute of Air Transportation: this is "extermination rather than regulation...