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...again whether he considered himself a potential presidential nominee. Said Lausche: "I have not arrogated to myself the ability and the courage that it requires to fill the post ... I know my limitations and, sincerely, I do not intend to be looking at the stars situated in the remote, limitless space, while at the same time stumbling and fumbling over the pitfalls that lie in the pathway of the work which I now have to do. I am not seeking that post. I want to repeat what I have said in the past: that if by some miraculous chance...
...feet of Poet Theodor Daubler, whose rhapsodic verse, mystically urging man to free his spirit from the pull of Earth, appealed to Barlach's own yearnings. Even more important was a two-month trip to southern Russia, where Barlach, on first sighting the sturdy peasant figures against the limitless perspective, exclaimed: "Donnerwetter! There sit bronzes...
...report punctured such dreams as the atomic automobile (it would weigh 100,000 Ibs.), the atomic airliner (shielding passengers would add too much weight) and the atomic locomotive (no better than a diesel). But in the field of industrial application, the atom's prospects seemed almost limitless. Almost every major U.S. tobacco company, the report stated, already uses a radioisotope gauge to check cigarette quality, and at least 350 companies use radioisotopes to look for flaws in welded joints and metal castings. By investing $1,000,000 yearly in radioisotopes, U.S. industry is saving $100 million yearly in production...
...voters and ask them to vote for me on six separate occasions.'' Does Lausche plan to seek presidential delegate votes outside Ohio? "I know my limitations, and I want to say to you that I am not going to look to the stars, grasping into the limitless space while my feet are stumbling in the pitfalls of the office which I now have to administer." Lausche's estimate of his presidential possibilities: "I will not have a chance...
...virtually every measure, 1955 showed the flowering of American capitalism. With barely 6½% of the world's population the U.S. turned out well over 60% of its goods. Across the land the signs of limitless bounty were evident. Prosperity's bright star twinkled over Chicago, where the Pullman Building will be replaced by a 20-story skyscraper tinted gold; the star blazed briefly on Davy Crockett, who rocketed overnight into a $100 million moppet madness, on Ford's newborn $10,000 Continental-and on cigar makers, who had their best year since 1929 as 10 million...