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...billion worth of new power by 1974, and no conceivable Congress would pungle up that much money for one region. "This country," said McKay, "is growing so rapidly that we must have the effort of everyone. The Federal Government cannot do it all." And a federal dog-in-the-manger attitude holds off private capital...
...King James Version: "And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger...
Emerson Hunt, general information manger at the Boston office of the company, when contacted yesterday, stated that he had never heard of such a thing and was "sure it couldn't be wide spread in the telephone system...
...have to sign your name, and if they can't read it, they give you a hard time, but if you print it, they ask you what the devil you're trying to get away with. You can take your little book and go sit in a manger, but you can't take it out of the building until it's too late to do anything much with it. But it's really not too bad--the men's rooms have ventilation, and you can get a breath of fresh air in there...
Joaquin Miller's mother claimed that he had been born in a manger, but Joaquin himself always stoutly maintained that it was in "a covered wagon, pointed West." Both had escaped the fact: Joaquin (pronounced Wah-Keen) was actually, born in bed on a farm near Liberty, Ind. in 1837, and never climbed aboard a covered wagon till he was a strapping six-footer of 14. Nonetheless, it was a strangely modest yarn for Miller, who spent a lifetime stretching the truth about himself until it snapped. Famed on two continents at the turn of the century...