Word: isn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...That one young, previously unknown employee of a subcommittee of Congress can intimidate the whole Army from the Secretary down, and attempt to dictate what they are to do with one particular draftee, is incredible ! . . . Isn't there anyone in the Army of sufficient intestinal fortitude to have told Cohn to go peddle his papers...
...There isn't much fraternization between the floors--or "entries," but because of this lack of cohesion, Claverly can achieve the "academic seclusion," Vanger describes. As for social activities, House parietal rules extend completely to Claverly, and are benevolently administered by a fire-and-theft watchman...
Olin Johnston did not give up. Cried he: "I'm standing firm until I can fully investigate Kimbel. I don't know him personally, but I understand he's a carpetbagger . . . I don't guess the world will go to pieces if Mr. Kimbel isn't confirmed in time to serve...
...Most people are married, most people have been in love, so it follows that most people will like our program, because here is real, recognizable domesticity." But there is no real drabness in this domestic life. Over everything is the rosy glow of a perpetual honeymoon. Explains Ackerman: "It isn't sex [that keeps the show going], though that's implied. What it is, really, is a certain quality of love and smooch...
...Gerindery she falls in love with Mike Lambert, a newspaperman who takes a drop too much and whose best jobs are all behind him. Fanny and Mike are good people, but their open affair enrages the bluenoses, and makes more than one dissatisfied man hope that Fanny isn't just a one-man woman. Meanwhile, Mike values Fanny, but values his bottle at least as much, his lively cynicism and irresponsibility even more...