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...varied past, which included partisan politics, would be less than certain at the outset that I would perform exactly the way a new Administration wanted. I was accused of [politicizing the agency] by some of the Senators when I came here, but I'd hope that my severest critics would concede that I've stayed the hell out of politics and been objective, as I said...
...sword, cane, hat and wig, he was genteelly tarred and feathered [until] he had more the appearance of the devil than any human being." Malcohn survived that mauling ?only to be trapped by another mob three months later. This time "he was stript stark naked, one of the severest cold nights this winter, his body covered all over with tar, then with feathers, his arm dislocated in tearing off his cloaths. Some beating him with clubs ... for about five hours...
...sitting, or standing, or riding his horse. When he orders his fleet to turn and follow her deserting ships in the sea battle that destroys his fortunes against Octavius Caesar, it is not that he has totally lost valor, but that being anywhere but with her is the severest loss he can contemplate. When her eyes water in remorse, he chides her with his undaunted love: "Fall not a tear, I say; one of them rates all that is won and lost...
...even some of Carter's severest critics concede that he is probably as specific on most issues as any of his Democratic opponents. But they insist, too, that he should be held to a higher standard because he is the clear front runner and because he has promised "never to lie" to the voters...
...irascible king pin of the country's number one newspaper saved his severest criticism for those of his own profession...