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House to hear the President extol their leader's "towering valor." But the grizzled, close-cropped veteran of 17 years in the corps could only point to his platoon and mumble: "That's the guys who did it right there...
...colony in Quebec. In the past seven years, French investment in Quebec has doubled to more than $100 million, and De Gaulle's government organizes regular exchange programs for students, teachers and technicians. But economic interests were far overshadowed by De Gaulle's desire to extol a vague kind of French international glory...
Hart explained to journalism students at Wayne State University. "He can extol the virtues of his audience in the hope that the admiration might be somehow reciprocated, or he can dev astate them with criticism in revenge for all those neglected handouts." Taking no chances, Hart chose to try a little of both, sprinkling his speech with illustrations of how press and politicians use - and misuse - each other...
Room to Prank. By comparison with a city slum, an Appalachian holler offers an infinitely rich, exciting life, which mountain folk extol in a courtly tongue directly descended from their Scots-English ancestors, who first penetrated the region two centuries ago. Children have creeks to fish in, plenty of room to "prank," as their parents say. Last hog-killing time, several of the Handshoe boys dried a hog's bladder, filled it with peas to make a giant-size rattle. Then, relates Floyd's wife Dollie, still shaking with laughter at the memory, they "took and tied...
...movie sound track is so wholesome and inspirational that it makes even Mary Poppins, its rival bestseller sound racy. The children, the nuns, and of course Julie Andrews sing Richard Rodgers and late Oscar Hammerstein's last joint score like angels as they extol steeple bells cuckoo clocks, solfeggio, edelweiss...