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...years and dignified bearing, is the very opposite of his spectacular predecessor. He dislikes personal publicity, and his idea of a good time is to play dominoes or go for a long walk. A new type of Mexican hero, he seems to be pleasing the people with his cleanup. And the way he is going about it shows a shrewd aptitude for the Mexican style of strong presidential rule...
...have certain things in common. Like Ike. Mexico's new leader served his country under preceding administrations. Like Ike, he has undertaken in office to clean up the mess left by them. Last week the summer White House in Denver announced that President Eisenhower and Mexico's cleanup President will meet at the international border Oct. 19. The occasion: dedication of the largest joint U.S.-Mexican border undertaking on record-the $50,000,000 Falcon Dam across the Rio Grande River 75 miles downstream from Laredo, Texas...
...would have said so." But Meany made it obvious to reporters that he hoped suspension would bring on an I.L.A. revolt that would both depose Ryan and keep the union within the A.F.L. Asked whether he thought the I.L.A.'s present leaders could do an effective cleanup job, Meany gave an unequivocal answer...
...British intelligence in France when World War II began. After the 1940 German breakthrough in Belgium, he mustered a hodgepodge "Mac Force" of rear-echelon troops and led a fighting retreat to Dunkirk. In 1944 as chief of the Allied Control Commission in liberated Italy, he smoothly directed the cleanup of Fascist officials. At war's end Laborite "Mason Mac" was elected to' Parliament...
This week the "sweep" or cleanup stage of the drive was ready to begin on the lower St. Maurice. At some dams, main gates were wide open. Snorting diesel tugboats spasmodically shoved log masses through the sluiceways. Helped along by current and wind, the coeur de bois (i.e., "heart" of this year's 770,000 cords of pulpwood) slowly moved toward the St. Lawrence...