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...nation crept back from depression's bottom, business improved at the drugstore, and Humphrey found time for simple pleasures. At a dance in the Elks' Hall, he met Muriel Buck, a pretty Huron College student. Muriel began eating her lunch at the drugstore ("I could throw a wicked sandwich together," says Humphrey), and after two years Hubert proposed. In the evenings, in their three-room bungalow, Hubert told Muriel of his restlessness, of his desire to finish his education and to get into the political swim. Finally, at his wife's urging and with his father...
...periodical room had a dishonest, semi-academic flavor for Lucius, and he always felt slightly irresponsible there. After a very brief visit, guilt crept over him, and he hurried back to the catalogues. Yet these weren't really satisfying either today, and after skimming through his favorite drawer, he decided that the time had come...
...grievous error seems to have crept into the thinking of the American people. This involves the idea that all we need for success is to get organized and wait for someone to "articulate a purpose" for us. This hen-and-chickens kind of thinking led the Germans into a disastrous war under the leadership of an articulate, power-mad Hitler...
...really disturbing thing was that Dilworth couldn't be sure that Thursday breakfast had been omitted. He turned on his side to face the cracks in the wall, and watched intently as a black window spider crept slowly over the Dali. Somehow, it seemed to fit; it was right. The hands on the grandfather clock in the corner told Dilworth he had precious few minutes to resolve the question, for if breakfast was indeed being served, the dining hall would soon close...
Even in the stacks one was unprotected from the brash intrusion of the band's noise as it paraded through the Square, and as Lucius repositioned himself familiarly in his alcove, irritation crept over...