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...wife do the campaigning. Last week he got some help from the U.S. Congress: the Senate upped the Philippine sugar quota; the House passed a bill that would give the Philippines $620,000,000 for rehabilitation. The Philippine economy had improved; the cost of living had taken a moderate dip...
...ground. There the barrel man, high in the crow's-nest, spots the whitecoats. The ship runs alongside, the men grab a gaff (a pole with a steel hook on the end) and clamber overside. They race to kill the first whitecoat and bring back its tail to dip it ceremoniously in a glass of rum as a toast to a bumper trip...
...more intimate confidant. George Allen is urbane and companionable, has a fund of funny stories which Harry Truman likes to hear. While others may be busy with official chores, ever-ready George Allen is always at the President's beck & call. When Harry Truman takes an afternoon dip in the White House pool, Allen usually splashes around with...
...armed services can dip into a reservoir of trained men. Last week the Army and Navy underwent their biggest command shifts without audible clashing of gears. Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King finally resigned as Chief of Naval Operations-the job he had taken in December 1941, with the crack: "When they get into trouble they always send for the sons of bitches." Now his filial job was done. His successor: mild, earnest Chester Nimitz...
...sang If I Had My Way. The crowd sang too. They were still there at 11 o'clock when Doc got back to report: "The mother nearly died, the baby nearly died, I nearly died, but we all lived. The baby was blue and I had to dip him in hot and cold water...