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...Elmer Davis had decided that he had a new boss: he was no longer working directly for the U.S. people but for the U.S. Government. He was not going to exert the authority which he had (under the Executive Order which created his job) to make the Army & Navy loosen up on information. He did not choose to fight for it. But he had made the services admit his right to consult with them about news releases. And already he had showed that he could get something from them that way. The question was: Could he get enough to satisfy...
Somebody was radically wrong about sugar. Refiners and producers urged OPA and WPB to loosen up. Why ration sugar when warehouses bulged with the stuff...
...uncanny control. Two years ago, in the last eight games of his rookie season, he faced 85 batters before he allowed a base on balls, faced 89 more before he yielded another. This season-still clinging to his peculiar practice of fingering an iron ball before pitching stints to loosen his muscles -Bonham has allowed only five walks (one of them intentional) in seven games...
Another nurse shortly appeared at the head of the stairs, asked him to come up, remove his coat, loosen his collar, and roll up his sleeve. Vag did so, and entered the death chamber with a light foot but a heavy heart. Seeing the preponderance of elderly dowagers, college girls and other assorted females, however, Vag gritted his teeth and said to himself, "If they can do it, so can I." He lay down on the designated bed, held out his arm in a gesture of resignation, and prepared to watch the proceedings...
...another Noble and Greenough graduate, has a strangle hold on the top position. He is very fast and has good form; Jaako calls him "very good." Following him over the timber are two beginners, Al Houghton and George Earley. Houghton is pretty fair, but Earley is stiff, and must loosen up. In the low hurdles, Ted Withingham, Exeter alumnus, who will run the low hurdles, is very good, but has lots to learn, and must lose his nervousness in competition...