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Plain-spoken Antoine Pinay, smalltown leather manufacturer who has made himself the living symbol of the Frenchman who carefully counts his change, has long been unhappy in his Cabinet job. He wanted to make quicker progress toward a settlement in Algeria; he deplored De Gaulle's disregard of his allies and his disdain for NATO. And Pinay made no attempt to disguise his personal dislike for Premier Michel Debre. On at least one occasion he so irked De Gaulle himself that the general accused Pinay of having forgotten "which republic...
...upon the towering lord from overseas. He rode to hounds in Pennsylvania, was pelted with eggs in Detroit ("Fortunate people," he smiled, "to be able to use eggs for such a purpose"). He traveled through every state in the union bearing his message: "All help is vital, and the quicker you can give it, the more help it will be." When he went home in 1946, after five years and four months of service in Washington he was the most popular ambassador Britain had ever sent...
...makes 'em vicious and tenacious. The cattle dog in 'em gives 'em enough sense to snap and get out of the way. You ought to have spotted coats, too. Bears are so nearsighted they can see a spotted dog better, and that will make them quicker to tree or turn to fight...
...axiom that varsity play with smarter and quicker opposition is always much tougher than freshman. For the boys who come up to Weiland's squad this is even more true than at most colleges. Weiland's brand of hockey is essentially defensive, "stop the other team from scoring and get your scores on breaks," and it's often a totally new concept for the sophomores...
While the gap between American and Russion consumption remains huge, Soviet industry is not so far behind that of the United States. Since 1951, Bergson relates, its output has been increasing at a rate of nine per cent annually, about three times quicker than American growth...