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...farmers. Said Mayor Koshige Nakamura moodily: "The leading villagers are well aware that the progressives used this base affair for their own political ends." In Tokyo the often anti-American daily Asahi commented: "In the aftermath of Uchinada are many issues on which all Japanese would do well to ponder calmly...
...years of service had brought him comfort and the athletic director's job, Jordan did not bother to point out that during his years on "the Square" his "classroom" had been ruthlessly depleted by both academic and physical casualties. He accepted his sentence stoically and went home to ponder an awesome question: After Harvard, where can a football coach...
...years of service had brought him comfort and the athletic director's job, Jordan did not bother to point out that during his years on "the Square" his "classroom" had been ruthlessly depleted by both academic and physical casualties. He accepted his sentence stoically and went home to ponder an awesome question: After Harvard, where can a football coach...
...distinguished white hair, at his oral examination for honors in English. The professor peered intently at the young man, his voice resonant. "Young man," said he, "could you tell me what you believe to be the significance of the white whale in Moby Dick?" The young man seemed to ponder the question very earnestly and after a few moments he looked up at the professor and replied in a mid-western drawl, "Well, sir, it always struck me that it was just a plain whale...
...aimed at women across the nation. The questions were routine-what about the draft, the cost of living, the chance of another depression? But Ike caught the spirit of the occasion, with easy grace enjoyed a 29-minute parlor chat, gave the ladies some succinct answers for housewives to ponder; e.g., "All of the economic factors . . . point toward a continuation of good times." And though the cost of living had edged up in 3½ years, "you ladies are buying a lot of built-in maid service with your [prepared and frozen] food these days." Sparkle-eyed at program...