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Maryland's lean Millard Tydings, his sharp jaw jutting, his face red with wrath, rose to address his colleagues in the U.S. Senate. In his opening words there was an ominous restraint, in his tone a deadly edge. Senator Tydings, holder of the Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Service Cross, grimly said he would speak "from a very slight knowledge of modern warfare...
...Grinaker's dissection and rendition of "Iron Dick" was perfect to every last flick of the glasses and every draw on the jaw--only the indispensible pole was missing. (Speaking of Professor Merriam, whom we have now bequeathed to Company 4, we might advise those boys to notice and appreciate his ties and to compliment him on his sparkling Monday morning appearance, since these things have always made him "happy" as everyone in the second term wants...
After taking a fourth-round sock on the jaw, he stood his ground for the next eight rounds, coolly exploiting the art of hitting and not being hit. Then, realizing that he was far ahead on points, Hartford Willie coasted to his 86th victory in 87 professional fights...
...could see what a supreme effort it takes to hoist himself up. He rose. Spurning a cape offered by his son James, he walked to the black podium, bareheaded and in a blue suit. He was grave and solemn. His big shoulders and his suntanned face with the resolute jaw were all that was visible to the crowd below. Immediately below the portico were 7,806 invited guests, including the Roosevelt grandchildren (see cut);* in the Ellipse stood 3,000 more. The President gazed at the crowd, then lifted his eyes to the Washington Monument, and to the Jefferson Memorial...
...This Effort to Rescue." Churchill started over again. Each sentence in a quarter-hour speech was painstakingly translated. The Prime Minister was grim, his jaw set. He thumped the table. "I and Mr. Eden have come all this way, although great battles are raging in Belgium and on the German frontier, to make this effort to rescue Greece from a miserable fate. . . . Very violent and unexpected troubles have arisen and we have become involved in them through doing what we believed was our duty. That duty we shall discharge inflexibly and faithfully...