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...Will we be sure, if we do so, that it will not return to narrow Nationalism, to economic Toryism, and to a disregard of advancing social obligations? And even if the leader selected and the platform adopted give assurances, can that leader lead his party to forward-looking thinking? Or will he be constantly subjected to defeat and frustration by recalcitrants within his own party...
Well-Well-Laid Goof. Besides a postman's disregard for weather a steelheader needs a pitcher's eye. He must cast 100 ft. and more, often laying his goof within a foot of snags. His fingers must be sensitive and quick. A steelhead does not strike: he nudges the line as gently as a minnow. The expert recognizes the split second to jerk his rod and sink the hook. Then the whole river seems to explode...
...recent weeks Oxie has had his ungrammatical go at a variety of subjects, from "stratosphere strategy" to Presidential press conferences, with a fine disregard for the official position of the Daily News's publisher, Navy Secretary W. Franklin Knox...
soldiers most often get into trouble: 1) drunkenness; 2) association with prostitutes; 3) failure to observe rules of proper uniforms; 4) failure to salute; 5) unauthorized use or misuse of Government vehicles; 6) failure to have identity cards; 7) failure to have proper passes; 8) disregard for blackout regulations; 9) necking in doorways...
...decorated with the Silver Star (for gallantry) and the Purple Heart (for wounds). In a heavy enemy air attack on Palermo last August, he had given first aid to two wounded men on the Mayrant's bridge, carried one of them down to a dressing station "with disregard for his own safety" (TIME, Nov. 1). He was wounded in the hand...