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Diminuendo. The throttlebottomry of the Philippine Vice Presidency did not diminish Sergio Osmeña's popularity. He lived his quiet life, while dapper Manuel Quezon, quixotic spendthrift, lover of luxury, danced and entertained at Malacañan Palace and junketed about the world. At press receptions, Osmeña served wine, Quezon hard liquor. Osmeña, born with the Chinese hate for the Jap, held his tongue while Quezon was royally received in Japan. When they ran for re-election in 1941, Osmeña polled a higher vote than Quezon...
...When the time comes for such a change of party, the difference between the two great parties on great issues tends to diminish to the vanishing point. That is the secret strength of American society. . . . Our party system is one of Tweedledum and Tweedledee. ... To the exquisite pain of the doctrinaires, the party rising in power is ... a 'carbon copy' of the party it is displacing. . . . And the question is one of men, not of principles...
...Hull's "liberal" enemies-a good deal more of a darling than perhaps he ought to be on his past record. To replace Welles with an Under Secretary whose main virtue is that he is a Hull man would almost certainly release another critical barrage, and again seriously diminish U.S. confidence in the State Department...
...langorously heavy, his hunger grows, especially for sweets. Curious things happen to his perceptions of space and time. Objects a mile outside the window may seem with in easy reach. A lazy minute may seem like an hour. Curiously, the power of mental concentration appears to increase rather than diminish. Some specialized workers find that marijuana stimulates their faculties...
Under the operation of both plans a nation would find its credit with the American Fund or British Clearing Union increasing or diminishing according to the trend in balance of payments. If, for instance, Britain were importing more than it was exporting, its holdings of Unitas (or bancor) would tend to diminish (other factors being equal). If the U.S. were exporting more than it was importing, its credit in Unitas (or bancor) would tend to increase...