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Also full of potentialities were the Balkans. The Aegean Islands led to Salonika and the Vardar Valley. .The Balkans bubbled with rebellion, ready to turn on the German the minute his hand loosened its grip...
Once the rigid rules were broken, Speakers were forced to wield power by tact, persuasion and favors. "Nick" Longworth kept a firm grip on the House through shrewd committee maneuvers; Texas' Jack Garner held sway by means of his long seniority and experience...
Tsouderos could relax. By last week all important exiled Italians, including Count Carlo Sforza, who as Foreign Minister in 1920 had a part in strengthening Italy's grip on the potential naval base, had declared for a return of the Islands to Greece...
Talk Treatment. Modern Army psychiatrists have a better notion. As soon as a front-line soldier loses his grip, he is urged to tell what is the matter, preferably to an Army psychiatrist, just behind the battle lines. The doctors do not let him get the idea that he will be pulled out of battle and sent for a good long rest. For doctors have found that the surest cure for such cases is fast treatment...
Newcomer Bowles took a confident grip on his job. He had no illusions: "No sensible person would seek a job of this kind." He was modest: "Expect no miracles." He was reasonable: "There is no sense in rationing for rationing's sake." He sounded tough enough: "OPA will be no walking door...