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...Republicans are optimistic however. A new, vigorous Governor Dewey has sent his strong organization canvassing for voters while most of the Democratic machine lies dormant. Besides this, there has been a tremendous increase in voter registration--particularly in Republican districts. On the "southern tier" of countles there was an 18% gain, in Queens it was 21%, and in Nassau it was 52%. These are all Republican strongholds. On the other hand, registration did not rise so much in the usually Democratic cities. One plausible explanation of the suburban and upstate gains in registration is the influx of city people...
...probably will. The snow is transmuted now, no longer white and crystaline but tough and tenacious, resistant to rain and sunlight alike. It will lie dormant, waiting for that last clear shot at the springs of a passing car. And the frantic garagemen will push ahead with their car removal, racing the phantom plows, never realizing for a minute that God will take care of the snow...
...forestall the dreaded softening process of stagnation. A 'sit down' army is subject to collapse at the first sign of an enemy effort. An army that stops to tie its shoestrings seldom regains the,initiative. I couldn't allow my forces to become soft and dormant. I couldn't let them slip into a condition that eventually would cause horrendous casualties. So the Eighth Army kept needling the enemy with limited objective attacks...
Power Deals. Canada's announcement of her solo plans stirred up the dormant seaway debate on Capitol Hill. Backers of the joint plan called for Congress to act fast before the Canadians go ahead with a route on which U.S. ships will have to pay tolls. The anti-seaway forces still charged that the Canadians were bluffing. One lobbyist called St. Laurent's visit "a propaganda maneuver...
...Lattre shuttled over the front in a small plane, with a display of energy that left aides ashen-faced with fatigue. Everywhere he touched dormant chords of national pride and restored to his soldiers the will to fight...