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...vast bureaucracy of tens of thousands of political payrollers is around our neck." Then, switching to a proverb he never heard in his own Illinois. Shuman said: "Our situation in agriculture brings to mind the old adage, 'He who rides a tiger should first make plans for dismounting.' The challenge farmers face is how to dismount the farm program 'tiger' without getting wounded...
...Victor Gruen, 58, a lively Vienna-born leprechaun, solving the problems of the deteriorating downtown has become something of an obsession. The automobile, he says, is downtown's most virulent enemy. "No automobile-not even the most elegant Cadillac-ever bought a thing." Dismount the shopper, free him of driving and parking worries, give him a modern version of the old town square, and the city will be born again...
...late for the U.S. to dismount from its lofty pedestal and renew the Churchill-Roosevelt understanding on a basis of full equality, with no strings (or royalties) attached...
...only natural. Back in 1937, writing of himself in the third person, he said: "In spite of his brave talk, Jawaharlal is obviously tired and stale, and will progressively deteriorate if he continues as president of the Congress Party. He cannot rest, for he who rides a tiger cannot dismount...
...rides the tiger Finds it difficult to dismount...