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Speaking with a resoluteness and a crisp delivery he had seldom shown before, Harry Truman laid down the course for meeting the Soviet peril "wisely . . . bravely . . . honorably," as he saw it: economic assistance "where it can be effective," military assistance "to countries which want to defend themselves," full support of U.S. obligations under the Atlantic Treaty. Said the President: "Strategically, economically and morally, the defense of Europe is part of our own defense...
...crisp bills represented part of the profits that have rolled into Silver-thorne's hands in the year that he has been operating a wildcat airline called ANHSA (National Airline of Honduras). Though the little republic already had two major airlines, TACA of Honduras and SAHSA, a Pan American affiliate, the newcomer had somehow skimmed off the cream of the freight business...
...chief reason for the Met's enthusiasm for its new manager is his own crisp air of enthusiasm. After 27 years of the autocratic rule of Giulio Gatti-Casazza and 15 years of worries and wartime headaches under Edward Johnson, the old Metropolitan has suddenly become, as one tenor put it, "a happy house...
...Pail." Managing Editor Jones snapped up the news coverage. He hired good reporters and rewrite men to turn out crisp, accurate copy, set up the Post's national bureau to cover official Washington. Now staffed by such old-timers as Eddie Folliard, Al Friendly and Ferdinand Kuhn (at State), it is still one of the capital's best bureaus...
...door, six carnation-wearing salesmen handed out free chances on a television set, plus a crisp sales chat--Smarter, Safer, Greater in Value, one-third down and 15 months to pay, and look at that chrome. As Pesky and Harris and the salesmen moved among the crowd wearing neat name-plates and dispensing raffle tickets the affair took on the conviviality of a bargain basement. And bargains there were, judging from numerous dark nods toward Porter Square's used car lot across the street. When trading closed for the day, only one of the new cars remained unsold and there...