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This was the crisis faced by the little Irishman upon whom England and the United Nations depended last week. As General Alexander well knew, to lose the battle was to risk...
Philip Francis Maguire, 37, is a genial, rock-jawed Irishman who went to Washington as lawyer for the old NRA, later helped Milo Perkins get his famed food-stamp plan started. Now he is an anonymous assistant to WPBoss Donald Nelson, serving as buffer and jack-of-all-trades, working ably and realistically on a dozen jobs at once. A bear for detail, he has taken all the load of minutiae off Nelson's overburdened shoulders...
...American Theater. As literature, the stage plays "may be regarded with pious horror." But they may also be regarded as folk expressions. While there was little interest in individuals as such, the interest in types was strong: The Yankee, The Backwoodsman, The Negro, The Comic Irishman were immensely popular...
...certain rally he'd be tossed out the window by his enemies. Mickey showed up. He wasn't going to let anyone call him yellow. For ten minutes he growled at the hostile crowd, calling them all a "gang of damned cowards." In many a campaign this wily Irishman has had to use his fists before getting a chance to speak. All kinds of political tricks have been used against him, but Mickey always comes back for more with a newer gag than any of his opponents...
...cemetery before." Another, asked his opinion of Irish girls, glumly replied: "At home, we bury our dead." The Irish have a tendency to resent such-remarks. When a U.S. technician in a bar grumbled audibly about "having to come over to look after this little island," an incensed Irishman flashed back: "Faith, you don't seem very good at looking after your own little islands...