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Weeds & Seeds. In the reconversion field Congress let things grow pretty much as nature intended. It did lop off some Presidential wartime powers. Just as baffled as most U.S. people, it thrashed around in the undergrowth of price control, came up with a compromise OPA bill; no one has any idea whether it will live and bear fruit. Inexplicably it plowed under all effective housing acts. It also endorsed the silver bloc's raid on the Treasury, which will cost U.S. taxpayers plenty and further demoralize the currencies of China, India and Mexico...
...opening half of the initial frame, but this early flurry netted only four tallies. In the home half of the first, B.U. took over the lead with a six-run deluge, and Harvard did not get on the good end of the score for the rest of the lop-sided contest...
Other speakers followed. "We want unity," they shouted. "But we admit opposition-only, of course, to the point where it does not manifest itself. That is democracy. . . . For 15 years Ferdinand Lop, as he took off his pants at night, envisaged taking power the next day. Every morning, as he pulled on his socks, he was no closer to holding power. You must admit that such a man with the same idea for 15 years is not normal. That is why we who are normal follow...
...Maitre spoke again: "Tomorrow I shall be called to power." The crowd responded: . "Tonight, tonight!" Lop re plied: "Eh bien, tonight!" The crowd screamed: "Tout de suite, tout de suite!" Then they charged out on the streets...
...long after the irrepressible Lop reappeared on the balcony of a Latin Quarter cafe. "Tomorrow," he promised, "I shall be called to power." Loyally le front lopulaire rallied to cheer...