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...prosecuting attorney of Jasper and Newton counties, won-and has never since lost an election. He served four terms as prosecutor until, in one of the darkest of all Republican years, the chance came for advancement. In 1934, with the New Deal tide at its crest, the Congressman from Halleck's Second District died just nine days after the elections. Charlie Halleck went after the job, campaigned furiously, squeaked through by 5,000 votes. On the day he first walked into the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives, the G.O.P. side of the aisle rose, cheering: Halleck...
...Gaitskell should bring up the subject: "If everybody were to see again those hysterical broadcasts of his, they would have a shock." Sarcastically he taunted: "The Opposition's chief idea in a difficulty is to run away from it. The ostrich and not the eagle should be their crest...
This year the Yalies are riding the crest of successes over Princeton, R.P.I., and B.U., and since the opening of their new rink have been playing hockey as well or better than the varsity. They will be firmly convinced of their ability to topple the varsity and annex second place in the Ivy League for themselves...
Trouble-Free Gadget. Today, still riding the crest of a tremendous postwar telephone boom, A. T. & T. is a vast, sprawling creature of wondrous efficiency. Since war's end, it has hiked its take on each U.S. phone from $5.25 to $8-while managing to cut long-distance rates between New York and Los Angeles from $4 to $2.50, and on shorter calls in proportion. Much of that money has gone into $19 billion for plant investment and new equipment, on which A. T. & T. now stands to cash in with dramatic earnings gains...
Alabaster & Bronze. In Madrid the huge granite blocks were cut and then sent 28 miles northwest by truck to the Valley. On top of a rocky crest, a great white cross reached 500 ft. into the air. From artists' studios and artisans' workshops came statues of alabaster, doors of bronze, choir benches with medieval-style carvings, a main gate that alone cost $62,000. In 1956 the Valley was all but finished, but by that time it had begun to cause the Generalissimo considerable embarrassment...