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...about the "bomb that Dr. Conant carries in his vest pocket" brought an open apology from Stalin. It is evident that the Kremlin is not taking lightly this new influence on American affairs. The Russian experience may be only the first of many encounters that this product of Puritan stock will have with the earthy give and take of modern diplomatic intercourse. Insiders say that at Moscow he seemed to be learning the footwork and may be able to go through succeeding rounds without mishap. It is likely he will be given further chance. Thus the Conant star has risen...
What manner of man was this, who could convince people that his will was God's, even in the most mundane matters, even when it flew in the face of a frontier civilization's deep-dyed Puritan morality? Was he shameless fraud or true prophet? In Mrs. Brodie's well-documented version, he held something of both...
Novelist du Maurier's romantic whoop-dedo also includes a Puritan witch, a villainess with "serpent's eyes," a secret passageway with moldering bones in it, floods of blood, and scads of Gestapolike Roundheads...
Three Gold Coasters and a lone Puritan complete the stellar eleven, and the Adams trio again provides a clue to their spot the final standing. The under-manned but never out-fought Gold Coast crew took on all comers successfully, except for the invincible Elephants...
Kirkland continued to control the ball for the rest of the half, but, despite the efforts of Tom Lynch, they were balked by the stubborn Puritan line bulwarked by Tackle Ronald Garvey...