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...President of the U.S., glaring fiercely, held up a tightly clenched fist for all to see. The gesture might have been more to the point, punctuating another above-the-battle lecture by the new Harry Truman, if the President himself did not still rate a large share of the blame for the perilous state of the nation's defenses. But many a good Democrat, glumly contemplating the leaderless, divided state of the party last week, realized with a sharp sense of loss just how much the party would miss the political touch of the old campaigner...
...vulgarity coupled with Strauss's new boldness strengthened the opposition. Quavery old John Christie, 69, longtime leader of South Africa's small but powerful Labor Party, left his bed in a nursing home to be present at the debate. He struggled to his feet, shaking a gnarled fist at Malan. "If it's the last thing I do," he rasped, "I'll fight the wicked proposals of this government...
...through eight years in the minors. Three of them, happily, were spent under Manager Milton Stock, now a Pittsburgh Pirates coach, who was part owner of the Macon, Ga. team in the Sally (South Atlantic) League. Stanky recalls his minor-league experience as an unending series of brawls (35 fist fights) and rows with umpires ("I got tossed out of 15 or 20 games a year"). Stock, Stanky now says, "taught me to control my temper." This may be giving Stock too much credit, but he did teach Stanky that being thrown out of games hurts the team...
Short (banging a fist against a palm): "The President does not want to be involved...
...There isn't a doubt in my mind that Russia intends an invasion of Turkey and the seizure of the Black Sea Straits to the Mediterranean. Unless Russia is faced with an iron fist and strong language, another war is in the making. Only one language do they understand-'How many divisions have...