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...away from some of their reporters. Turner Catledge, assistant to James, was given a pair of opera glasses by his staff to survey the farthest reaches of the room. Near by sits City Editor David Joseph, a shy, balding, quiet-spoken bachelor of 61. His public-address system is one-way; staffers who want to talk back have to hike over to his desk...
...skeptical Scottish undergraduate named Loudon Hamilton, who, when Buchman first urged him to listen for God's instructions, replied: "I have been accustomed to address God myself on occasion . . . but that was only a one-way communication. If God were to speak to me, as you suggest, I am not quite sure it would not be somewhat uncomfortable." * The real Oxford Movement took place in the mid-19th century under the leadership of John Henry (later Cardinal) Newman, John Keble and Edward Pusey. * Said Dr. Buchman, in a New York World-Telegram interview: I thank heaven...
This is a world of never-ending strife, Dreams are a one-way passage out of life...
Congress and state legislatures had appropriated millions to build super highways on which speeders could kill themselves at higher speeds. The traffic light, the yellow line, the parking lot, the parking meter, the underground garage, the one-way street, the motorcycle cop and the traffic ticket had all blossomed amid the monoxide fumes-and traffic had gone right on getting thicker and noisier year by year...
...domestic producers, they could be suspended or withdrawn. Any nation short of dollars could still resort to exchange controls, import quotas and other dollar-saving devices. In a world where dollars are short everywhere, that meant that tariff reductions now would probably not amount to much more than a one-way street into the U.S. for foreign exporters. If a rebellious Congress fails to renew the Trade Agreements Act next June, the other end of the road will soon be closed again...