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...five of his six new top aides,* whom he fondly calls his team. In the midst of the ceremony, he invited able Dean Acheson, the only big holdover from Hull's regime, to make a speech. Said Acheson, pointing to his freshly confirmed teammates: "These are the little pigs who went to market-I am the little pig who stayed home." Ed Stettinius laughed with the rest...
...feudal economic system. For centuries the millions of illiterate Indians had been ruled by caciques or headmen. Modern caciques adopted the title of "general," set up military despotisms. Central America, which separated from Spain in 1821, fell into five republics shortly after armed Indians revolted, led by a former pig-driver called the Angel Rafael. Ever since, the Ladinos had kept the little countries in turmoil with a meaningless, serial struggle between political ins & outs, usually labeled "Liberals" and "Conservatives...
Obese Marine Sea pig...
...Little indeed, by U.S. standards. The Saar Basin's entire 1939 output (1,743,000 tons of pig iron and 1,863,000 tons of steel) is matched by that of Bethlehem Steel Corp.'s plants at Johnstown, Pa. alone...
Last week, as FCC still mulled over the plan, the New York Times attacked it: "The pig whistle injects a poll tax on radio - the payment of a fee in order that the public might enjoy what is already free and their property - the air. This is hardly a liberal conception of the 'freedom to listen.' " This could open "the doors to a whole series of exclusive squeals, each representing a different fee to the listener...