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Sophie: Lissen, whoever you are. I know the FCC as well as you. First thing you gotta do is indentify yourself, which you dint do. Secondly, I'll have you know the FCC can come to my house and examine me any time they so desire. I operate a clean...
...ancient myths embody intuitive wisdom that is only now being proved out, Eliot indulges himself in many a long reach. Aphrodite, goddess of love, was able to renew her virginity simply by bathing in the sea. Now "astrophysicists relate that our life-giving sun renews its virginity also, by dint of a circular chain reaction. Every nucleus of carbon and nitrogen in the sun returns to its pure state once in five million years." This is ingenious rather than convincing, provocative rather than wise. And in his secret heart, Eliot knows it for the word game it is. But like...
...spokesman in the Senate and the man responsible for unifying the often disparate views of G.O.P. members, and for translating those aims into action. As the keystone of the loyal opposition, he must move with a sure political sophistication and a thorough grasp of political events. By dint of these qualities, and abetted by his marvelously furry voice. Dirksen has become one of the truly remarkable characters of the Senate...
Harvard was picked to finish weventh in the Ivy League by most pre-season experts last fall, but an upset victory over Dartmouth and a surprising 9-7 win over Princeton--a win gained by dint of a touchdown made with less than five minutes left in the game--boosted the Crimson to a tie for second place (with the Tigers) behind an awesomely powerful (by Ivy standards) Columbia eleven. Harvard, moreover, had an outside chance to move up into a tie for first. To do this, the Crimson would have to defeat both Brown and Yale...
Niedhoffer's tournament victory Sunday afternoon came by dint of a five-game final round match in which he defeated Joe Haggerty of the New York Athletie Club. The Harvard Club individual does not include the top men players in the country, but does cover most of the Class A college competitors...