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...authority of the church, the Baptists, standing on the other side for the authority of the Bible. All the other denominations should be united, for the difference between them is that between Tweedledum and Tweedledee." Christian history knows the Baptists as a dissident people-crotchety, intransigent, sometimes rude, if not downright dangerous in the eyes of the orthodox...
...just as anxious to avoid any hint of "McCarthyism." Said Herbert Morrison, during whose tenure the pair escaped: "After all, the noblest band of men in history had their Judas ... If they had been arrested and ultimately found innocent, that would have brought discredit ..." Only a few were so rude as to be blunt. The truth is, snapped Laborite Alfred Robens, that there was "a close circle of 'coverup' for one's friends [in the Foreign Office], How can it be that a couple of drunks, a couple of homosexuals well known in this city could...
...underwent a subtle change. With Convicts Grainville and Manguy in virtually complete charge, the new chief warden found plenty of time to enjoy his poetry and his pastis. The prisoners got keys to their cells and were permitted to move about at will. Unexplained guests came and went. Rude prison fare was augmented with Epicurean delicacies. Many prison inmates began to take their breakfast in bed, and often, at the dinner hour, they wandered out for an apéritif in the village cafés. A crude guard who protested such goings-on was sternly reprimanded by Warden Billa...
...Rude Shock. Billy Joe Patton, the jovial lumberman from North Carolina who came close to winning the 1954 Masters, fell in the first round. He had Charles Coe, the 1949 winner, for company. Last year's Runner-Up Bob Sweeney lasted little longer. Handsome Harvie Ward, 29, the San Francisco car salesman who is onetime British amateur and U.S. intercollegiate champion, Walker Cup player and low amateur in this year's Masters and National Open, gave even himself a rude shock by barely squeaking through his first match. Easily a favorite in the pre-tournament selections, Ward...
...personality reflects the symmetry of the Constitution he serves and expounds. "Thurgood," says a psychologist friend, "is a delicate balance of turmoils " He is a big (6 ft. 2 in., 210 Ibs.), quick-footed man, with a voice that can be soft or raucous, manners that can be rude or gentle or courtly, and an emotional pattern that swings him like a pendulum from the serious to the absurd. His dignity can slide easily into arrogance and his humility into self-abasement, but not for long. Humor-his own humor-brings him back toward center. Marshall will listen so avidly...