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...conversation is a mixture of persiflage, flattery, wit and love-making which was formerly called a 'line' but which each generation dubs with a new name. The 'line' is an individual variation of a commonly accepted pattern which is considered to be representative of a facet of a man's personality. . . . The girl's skill consists in parrying the 'line' without discouraging her partner or becoming emotionally involved herself. To the extent that she falls for the 'line' she is a loser in this intricate game; but if she discourages...
...that, the committee sheepishly backed down. Michigan's Homer Ferguson introduced the resolution which Anderson had suggested, and both Houses quickly passed it. The tenet that Congress has the right to inquire into any facet of U.S. life was upheld-so long as the inquiry conformed to law and reflected the will of Congress. This week Clint Anderson went to work preparing his list for publication. It would, he said, contain 'about 14,000 names...
...form, the polls will be five or six questions in length, each dealing with a separate facet of the same general subject. Both multiple choice and single-answer types of questions will be used in the testing...
...remains a question, though, whether getting tough in this way will remove the hope of attaining international cooperation. If a stiffer attitude towards Russia appears to be justified, the Taft proposal for withdrawing the Baruch plan raises the problem of how tough to get. The removal of such a facet of international organization as atomic energy seems in effect a pocket-veto by the United States of world cooperation. Unqualified use of the toughness policy may result in the destruction of the United Nations pattern...
...least had the comfort of knowing who was and who was not a CP member, and could with some acuity predicate their course of action on this knowledge. The proposal to outlaw the Communist Party would only make it increasingly difficult--or impossible--to deal with this most difficult facet of the problem...