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...would not unleash the forces of evil," he cried. "It's a lie. I will follow the training my good Irish mother gave me-and Dad. If I am elected, I will embrace mercy, love, charity, and walk humbly with my God." Not even Daley's best friends really believed him. And on the night of his victory, the freewheeling old politicians fairly danced in the streets. Across Chicagoland flew the jubilant cry of a colorful saloonkeeper and alderman named Paddy Bauler. "Chicago," he roared, "ain't ready for reform...
...heroine in a London cab. In another, Queen Victoria confesses a humiliating affair with a commoner. "It wasn't a prince," she sobs, "not even Sir R. Peel. It was one . . .called Wordsworth who recited to me verses from his Excursion of a sensuality so torrid that they shook me-and I fell...
...mild flirtation with the Soviet bloc, Busta was now looking steadfastly West. "There will be no neutrality from this day on," he announced. "I will go to the U.S. shortly to make a mutual defense treaty." As an afterthought, the Chief delightedly noted: "The Kremlin has not sent congratulations to me-and they damn well wouldn...
Life Is a Game. "I've remained a boy at heart," said Gilbert, "I've introduced only items that appealed to me-and I figured they would appeal to all boys." Gilbert's long boyhood began in Salem, Ore., where he won his first contest-a tricycle race-when he was seven, and immediately began to form the philosophy that ruled his life: "Everything in life is a game, and the important thing is to win." A frail boy, Gilbert built himself into a superb athlete, became an expert at wrestling, track, bag punching, pole vaulting...
...wryly: "It's difficult to explain why a piece of mail-a letter, a postcard-has not been delivered in due time. But often the delay is because it's been resting in the pocket of the man of the house for some time. This has happened to me-and I've been unable to explain...