Word: leste
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Edward William Bickle, an investment broker and Drew's best friend, caught a bit of the limelight. Notably out of the limelight was another Drew crony and constant adviser, George McCullagh. One of the most powerful Canadian publishers (the Toronto Globe & Mail), McCullagh stayed away from Ottawa lest he scare off Drew supporters who still leaned a bit toward John Bracken's "ordinary man" position...
...David Lawrence's U.S. News & World Report, the U.S. has no "foreign policy." Internationalist Lawrence has ruled that it has an "international policy." The Denver Catholic Register has to be careful lest its sport page come out with ST. JOSEPH BEATS HOLY FAMILY...
...never ending quest for perfection, Valpey ran his "A" and "B" teams through their entire repertoire of plays at the rate of slightly more than four plays a minute. Lest the men got out of practice, they carried out their blocking assignments against dummies bolstered by large linemen. Nobody seemed out of practice; on every play at least one dummy and lineman would go crashing down from a vicious block...
...Lest the new look appear alarming, Editor Walter Davenport wrote a soothing message to advertisers that it was really the same old magazine. "We appear in this issue in new clothes," said he, "as all men and things must from time to time for the good of their souls." And, might have added, for the good of Collier's circulation...
...week's end the railroads got a reprieve. Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall asked that his Intelligence officers be allowed to screen Clark's 4,000-page brief, lest potential enemies learn too much about the strategic use of the railroads. Railroad men hoped that Army red tape might delay the suit indefinitely...