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...gathered to the last man to harass, confuse and delay again. It was after 5 o'clock in the evening when the bill was brought before the House- a reading of Washington's Farewell Address, bickering oratory over parliamentary points and seven time-consuming roll calls had eaten up the afternoon. The Southerners received subtle assistance from the Speaker, Texas' Sam Rayburn...
...Moth-Eaten Scarecrow. Despite the confusion and the roaring babble set off by the throngs on the floor and in the galleries, dinner was deftly served. To the unconcealed awe of all, the filet mignon was hot when it arrived. The food had been prepared in the kitchens of the Mayflower and Statler Hotels and had been rushed to the armory in special heater-equipped trucks. An army of 625 waiters was on hand to serve it. The serving-men were drilled as meticulously as a troop of light cavalry and they were controlled by an intricate traffic-light system...
...when President Harry S. Truman rose to launch Democratic campaigning for 1950, there was a stirring salvo of applause and whistles from the multitude. The gist of his speech: that the Republican party had "insulted the intelligence of the American people" when they "dragged out the same old moth-eaten scarecrow of socialism" as an issue in the 1950 elections...
...deep breath of the icy air could nip the lungs. Food was another problem; to maintain body warmth an Arctic fighting man had to eat almost twice as many calories as an ordinary soldier. The tallow candles issued to Canadian troops were spiked with food concentrates and could be eaten if rations failed to arrive...
...parent. Then, back on location outside Rome for his new film on the life of St. Francis of Assisi, friendly local peasants presented the director with their traditional gift to the father of a newborn son: a basket of ricotta, a cheese made from ewe's milk and eaten on coarse black bread in the open air. Munching happily, Rossellini told a newsman: "I am the father...