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...Leghorn, a squad marched into the mission hall of the largely Texas-supported Church of Christ, where a score of worshipers were holding services, herded Italians out. Americans were not disturbed, but an Italian pastor from Florence was taken into custody, later handed a one-way ticket to his home town...
...cases: "What motivates Walter Reuther? What prompted Adlai Stevenson's 'fear' speech? Could Senator Paul Douglas be worried about election year? . . . Just what is Wayne Morse and his one-man party contributing to the welfare of the country? Yet, this quartet rides like the Four Horsemen, spreading gloom and doom across the land . . . The left wing in America regards a depression as its one-way ticket into power...
...Michael Browne, but, as in the days when he was a "library mouse," the Pope loves to do his own research. He will not trust a secretary to verify a quotation. Unlike his predecessor (who locked it in a closet), Pius XII uses his telephone constantly; he has a one-way line-no one can dial the Pope...
...this century as it does now. The demand for more energy is already being felt in backward countries, where the U.S. and Western Europe, by exporting capital and know-how, are setting up a "spiral of industrialization" which will mechanize underdeveloped areas. Say the Woytinskys: "This is a one-way road, and there is no going back to grinding grain and making flour at home...
...foster homes to orphan asylums. He had never traveled beyond the New York area until at 16 he ran away, lied about his age and joined the Marines. After 18 months in the Pacific, he was discharged, attended the University of Southern California for three years, then bought a one-way ticket to Europe with his $250 New York State serviceman's bonus. In Paris, he lived on his $75 G.I. Bill allowance, finally talked Variety into letting him do occasional reporting. Three months later, he went to the Paris Herald Tribune, and last year persuaded the paper...