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Redheaded, 67-year-old Jim Duff was locked in a rousing fight with the moss-grown, reactionary forces of bright-eyed, apple-cheeked, 87-year-old Joe Grundy. The battleground was the May primaries, when Duff will run for the Senate nomination against John C. Kunkel, a faithful, colorless Grundyman now serving his sixth lackluster term in Congress. More than any platform or pronouncements, the outcome might well determine, the course and fate of the Republican Party...
...Council is even organized with long-range research projects in mind. Its constitution provides for four administrative and four research committees. Also, in deference to the fact that elected members may not be willing to do relatively colorless research, the constitution allows the elected body to appoint three members...
Consequently, the Student Council since 1946 has had a dual function. The "Gentlemen's Agreement" gave it power and incentive to conduct long range, relatively colorless, investigations into matters of University policy toward the students, and the responsibility toward an electing public dictated a more immediately gratifying, publicity gaining program of social service. How this double purpose has affected the present Council's work, what the proper function of the Council is, and how the Council should be organized to fulfill this function will be the subjects of future editorials on this topic...
Accounts of Attlee's unexpected elevation usually contain some such phrase as "despite his colorless personality." As is often the case, the phrase "because of" can substitute for "despite." MacDonald was colorful to the point of flamboyance, and Labor's ranks had loved him dearly. After MacDonald's "betrayal," the embittered Laborites wanted no more color; they wanted a man they could trust. Attlee's sincerity and staying power were patent; the Laborites gave him the leadership when Arthur Greenwood and Morrison, in bitter rivalry, knocked each other out of the ring...
Doodles. Immediately, uncomplimentary legends began to cluster about Attlee's retiring and "colorless" personality. Such cracks as "An empty limousine drew up at the gate and Attlee stepped out" or "This would never have happened if good old Attlee had been alive" became standard cocktail-party fodder. Attlee's shyness is not that of an insecure or a frightened man. He wants to be alone because he likes it that way. In committee meetings, at parties or in the House of Commons, he seems to have the gift of becoming invisible. As the debate in the House grows...