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...same old table Kings Louis XVth and XVIth had signed state papers; Robespierre, facing death with a broken jaw, stretched out on that table for a few minutes before going to the guillotine...
...Tunney. After a short visit to the White House with shaggy-haired Football Coach Jimmy Conzelman, Tunney announced to reporters that the country is in good hands. "I never saw a more solid citizen. His eye is clear and he's just as solid as a wall. His jaw is square and his stomach is as flat as an athlete...
Hummon turned pale, in the best historical tradition. He clenched his teeth, said, "We shall see," and turned on his heel. The crowd charged the door to the governor's office. Anteroom furniture was splintered and an Arnall aide had his jaw broken...
Fear & Terrorism. The first dramatic moment of the dramatic session came when Matteo Matteotti, 25, son of Italy's famous anti-Fascist martyr (TIME, Aug. 7, 1944), moved to the speaker's microphone. His wide mouth and slightly jutting jaw firmly set, his deep-set eyes solemn and stern, young Matteotti charged Nenni's party leadership with spreading "fear and terrorism," and denounced the Congress as illegal. The delegates rose and screamed: "Degenerate son!" But Matteotti doggedly finished his job, handed the presiding officer what he called documentation proving Nenni's terroristic methods, and calmly walked...
...missing on the first raid. About the time he gets the bad news, along comes the Old Man himself, with a delegation of junketing Congressmen. The Old Man, famed Major General Kane, is so unnerved by circumstances that he almost forgets to put out his well-known jaw for photographers. A noisy Southern Congressman in yellow shoes, lavender shirt and white felt hat is highly indignant at the losses...