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Kansas Boy. Harold Dewey (born in 1898) Smith is stocky, sandy-haired, has pale blue eyes behind trim hectagonal spectacles, a mustache so colorless that it seldom shows in photographs. He grew up on a Kansas wheat farm, worked his way through the University of Kansas by building houses. He thought of teaching in China but became an expert on municipal government instead, wound up as Michigan's Budget Director under Governor Frank Murphy...
...Edison's old friend Franklin Roosevelt thought he needed New Jersey's colorless Senator William Smathers re-elected this November (the Senator's only achievement is riding the New Deal coat tail) and knew he needed Hague's machine to turn the trick. Edison and his fight to clean up New Jersey politics must wait. Mr. Roosevelt's Justice Department took a look at Mr. Meaney and promptly pronounced him "superior" to the three other candidates...
Some figured that colorless John Bennett was merely filling in for the first lap, would toss the baton to Farley himself at convention time. Washington New Dealers-who want no part of Farley or a Farley lieutenant-made sweet cooing sounds to statesmanlike Owen D. Young, former General Electric board chairman, who might be persuaded to run if the nomination came on a dignified platter...
...been given up entirely and in place of it there have been substituted certain simple classification groups. The participants are divided into three categories, A, B, and C. "A" men are those with no flaws and very sound personalities, but may range from strong dynamic men to bland colorless individuals. Men with minor flaws are placed in the B class, while those with rather definite handicaps, both mental and physical, are designated as "C". All are considered "normal". The subjects also fit into certain groups of personality traits such as "strong basic", "weak basic", "Pragmatic", "idealistic", and "Shy". The doctors...
...tradition of Hart Crane and Whitman, these poems rely almost entirely upon the forceful phrase for their effect. Brinnin displays an unparalled gift for shaping the everyday word into a biting, meaningful symbol, and the use of sharp contrast adds force to this verse. If his meter seems colorless, it must be remembered that many of these poems were designed for the use of creative dance groups and thus gain force if read aloud. One may hope that in the future Mr. Brinnin's metrical talent will develop alongside his gift for the phrase, and that the phrases themselves...