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About all that little Joe ever did was brush the flies off the horses' big rumps while his old man did the shoeing. Little Joe never actually worked at his father's trade. But he grew up to have his old man's squat, thick-knit build. And in the politician's trade, which Joe Martin took up, he worked somewhat in the manner of a blacksmith-a nail here, a nail there, working most of the time close to the ground...
Lowell, having previously showed a comparative wealth of backfield material and a heavy line, uncorked an unstoppable passing attack in a session with the Yard squad yesterday. In addition, a well-knit defense gives evidence that Coach Tom Horne's charges will be a formidable factor in deciding which House walks off with the Clark trophy...
Trouble in Heaven. Into this closely knit little capitalistic heaven, in which everyone worked and worked hard, and in which everyone prospered a little (and some a lot), the war brought a good many changes. The number of industries jumped from 438 in 1937 to about 600, invested capital doubled, and the number of industrial workers rose from 24,350 to about...
They-about 5,000 of them a month -drop in to keep appointments with us, enter subscriptions to our magazines, find out what to see and where to go in New York City. They also come in to browse, snooze, primp, knit, read a good book, rendezvous with friends, or just to get out of the rain. Often enough there isn't a vacant seat left...
...Gang. Harry Truman's gang is large, loose-knit, amiable and loyal. Some members, like Judge Samuel Rosenman, serve only part time. Others serve as specialists, like David K. Niles, a New-Dealing Bostonian inherited from F.D.R., who advises on problems of minority groups (currently, U.S. Zionists). At least one, Major General Harry Vaughan, holds a kind of honorary membership. Vaughan, who once burbled from the pulpit of an Alexandria, Va. church "I don't know why a minister can't be a regular guy," has one quality which endears him to the President: he is what...