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...Northwest was a place which provided prerogatives for the average man. Pendleton, Ore. had a country club whose dues were only $6 a month for a family, and its membership included a bakery driver, a farm-implement clerk and two gas-station grease monkeys. This was still unusual, but almost anyone in the Northwest could ski or fish for salmon practically at his front door, build a lawn and admire magnificent mountains as he did so, raise his children decently, and with luck own a boat or a shack in the woods. In moments of contemplation he could fervently pity...
When the bewigged House clerk intoned: "First resolution: hydrocarbon oils (rate of customs duty and rebate)," the Tories, who did not recognize this as a reference to the gasoline tax, were caught napping. The Speaker put the resolution to a voice vote, and the Laborites responded with a loud "aye." The Tories remained silent. "I think the ayes have it," said the Speaker. A roar of triumphant laughter burst from the Laborite benches. But the Laborites laughed too soon. Winston Churchill sat up sharply and whispered to Tory Whip Patrick Buchan-Hepburn. When the Speaker repeated the question Churchill...
...Lowest Dungeon. When the prayer was done, Tom gathered two witnesses, took them over to notify the bailiff, then bicycled along to file due notice of clameur with the greffe (clerk of court) and affix two five-shilling stamps. "Nothing more will be done," he told his family confidently that night at dinner, "until the case is decided in court...
...Flinching. In his 60s Smith was once rummaging through a bookstore when he met a clerk who shared his enthusiasm for the writings of 17th Century Jeremy Taylor. Bound by this quirk of taste, the old littérateur and the young clerk became close friends. After 17 years as Smith's apprentice and companion, that clerk, Robert Gathorne-Hardy, has written a fascinating memoir of his master's life...
Reprieve. In Boston. Clerk Lawrence R. Grode of the Massachusetts House of Representatives breathed easier after legislators killed a bill to regulate the waters of Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagogg- chaubunagungamaug...