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These two points are the core of Mr. Landis' letter. There remains, however, a somewhat embarrassing side-issue, Lodge's needless, off-hand, and stupid espousel of McCarthy. Yet, even this is not the damning flaw Mr. Landis considers it. Lodge, according to a current and valid cliche, usually votes wisely in Washington and apologizes for his wisdom in Massachusetts. When you compare Lodge's 1950 minority report on McCarthy's early charges and his recent ill-advised statement, you see this old cliche proven. If this was a single incident, Mr. Landis' charges would be more than embarrassing...
...even if the money were forthcoming, the materials would be tough to get hold of. Where, off-hand, could the University pick up 9 1/2 miles of wrought-iron pipe (the necessary amount for a 190- by 85-foot rink)? New refrigerating processes make it likely that the University could buy up an old refrigerating plant of some commercial rink which is converting, but in spite of this lucky break, the pipe situation still is unsolved. Nine and one-half miles is an awful lot of pipe; especially with government restrictions on materials...
...using the term "football is big business said he did not mean attracting large gate crowds by hiring football players. He told Sandler that football management and coaching could not be done by amateurs "in an off-hand manager." To do so, Jordan said according to Sandler, "is to ignore the complexity of the operation...
...Killing himself, the boy has already poisoned his father so that there will be more food for the rest of the family; thus the climax can come at either one of the two deaths. As for the acting, the German east seems to lack a familiarity with the warm, off-hand touches of Rossellini's style. The most important thing about "Germany Year Zero" is its implication that selectivity is at work, that the only survivors of such desolation will be another strong and heartless race. You can't help fearing such a race--a nation...
Bolles puts no stock in this philosophy. His crews do not start serious training until the spring term, and such relative periods of ease as displayed these last two weeks show what might be considered an off-hand approach to the whole sport...