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...Eisenhower won a clear-cut victory. The count: nine delegates for Ike, five for Taft, and two "neutrals" who lean toward Ike. All the Taft delegates came from the Third Congressional District (northern and northeastern Maine), Senator Owen Brewster's homeland...
...Force Chief of Staff General Hoyt S. Vandenberg explained to a House Appropriations subcommittee why the Air Force prefers suspenders: "A battle jacket with belted trousers is an unsightly appearing garment. Every time you lean over your shirt sticks out in back ..." Not only are airmen permitted suspenders, but "if I catch any without them, I will give them a piece of my mind...
...Down. You can read more easily and with less strain if your torso is erect. Put a bench or chair on a table and use it as a breast-high lectern. Lean on it all you want...
Winthrop is the House of mesomorphs. The long and lean, the short and squat are uncomfortable within its severe brick walls. But last year Winthrop came out first in the number of House applicants...
...strong moral feelings against having affairs outside the class room. Adventures of the minds of students no longer are apt to be mild and safe. With the "higher" learning there is implanted the fear of being a bit too stodgy. Schools seem to be producing precocious technicians who lean to believe life is long on treachery, short on rewards. Everywhere, almost, one hears the reiterated gripe against life. Students wallow in private resentments. The flair for evil things some students enjoy is more than a by-product of neurosis...