Word: isn
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...good humor, patience and a shrewd tongue. He could say sharp, cutting things when he wanted to. To a U. S.-hating Chilean who once remarked that he would not buy even a shoestring made in the U. S., Diplomat Fletcher replied: "I'm sorry the cable office isn't open today. I'd cable the President that the American shoe string industry is ruined." When Ambassador Dawes asserted that diplomacy "is easy on the head but hell on the feet," Mr. Fletcher quietly observed: "It depends on which you use." But wise cracks are incidentals...
...politicians who cynically asked "Who wants to kill Santa Claus?" Republican Ogden Mills last week replied: "Granted that no one ever shot Santa Claus, is there any reason why the entire population should take to believing in him? Isn't it about time to realize that reindeer are not bringing these billions from the clouds, but that they'll be paid for . . . in taxes or inflation...
...pessimists seem to think he won't be able to transfer his talents from tackle to guard in the course of one week. The fact is he has held down both jobs before, and right now Adam Walsh feels he will do better at guard than at tackle. Walsh isn't the only man who has confidence in Bill, for no less an authority than Lou Little of Columbia claims that Bill, who like Little comes from the municipality of Leominster, has the makings of a very fine linesman...
Bilodeau's taking over the quarter back assignment was probably the most important of these switches though there is absolutely no indication that Bob Haley isn't still the ranking "A" quarter. Bilodeau has been holding down the right halfback beril lately, but with the changes incident to the return of Freddy Moseley, and the rise of George Hedblom and Bill Watt, there is going to be a surplus of right half men by the time the Tigers hit town...
This, in short, sums up the entire game, and this is why the outlook for the invasion by the Indians this weekend isn't as black as might be expected. For days preceding the meeting with Holy Cross, the Varsity coaching staff labored to produce a defense capable of stopping the Purple's Notre Dame-type running attack. The result was all that could be asked. The Crusaders were kept under strict control on the ground, and after the first period relied entirely on their serial offense for the punch behind their scoring threats...