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After eight weeks on the job, he could report a country fairly outdoing itself with git-up-&-git. "Our basic economy," he said, "has never been more healthy. More than 60 million civilians are gainfully employed-a figure that sounded fantastic only a few years ago. Incomes average higher than ever before. Our factories are turning out a torrent of products...
Brown, League champions last year, is strong; Warren "Git" Priestly, second high scorer in the League, centers the second line. Don Sennott, starting center, is a fast skater and a good shot. He works well with wings Tony Male and Bob Wheeler. Priestly, a fine stick-handler, teams with Frank DiBiase and Al Gubbins...
Later, she visited her son again and confided that he had "had a crying spell." She added: "But he's got lots of git and will come out on top. You'll see." She said a stranger had telephoned and promised Bob a new car when he is discharged. An anonymous donor had already had a television set installed in his room. "People are very considerate," she said. "But all we want now is some rest and quiet. Bob's not licked...
...Git Up & Git. Voters, particularly farmers in the Midwest, had responded enthusiastically to a new G.O.P. spirit of git up & git. Republican candidates had untiringly shouted their messages from platforms and street corners. Republican workers had worked hard to get out the vote. For a number of reasons that proved to be wrong, the Democrats had assumed that a big vote would favor the donkey. (Actually, Harry Truman had won in a small-sized vote in 1948.) In any case, the big vote in 1950 favored the Republicans...
Your eyes may shine, Your teeth may grit, But none of my money Will you git...