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...Alger Hiss," he cried, "was good enough for Oliver Wendell Holmes, and...I shall summon, with all due reverence, the shade of that greatest member of the Supreme Court of the United States"" The defense attorney went on dramatically ticking off the "fiery crucibles" in which Hiss had represented the State Department-Yalta . . . Dumbarton Oaks . . . San Francisco. "Yea," he trumpeted, "though I walk through the valley of death I shall not fear, for I am with Alger Hiss...
...train chugged through Potsdam, past the tall pine trees that shade the Soviet Headquarters. When I sat down in Heinz Depper's compartment, he was looking at a big Red banner strung across a main street. The sign said: "Vote 'Ja' for democracy." It was part of a propaganda campaign for the Communist People's Congress "elections" this week...
Fashions in smell vary with geography, too. The authors point out that Chinese gourmets, rebuked for liking "rotten eggs," can point with horror to the "rotten milk" (cheese) that Westerners find so delicious. "The shade of offense from odors," the authors note, "is measured by time, place, occasion and inurement...
...came excuses Harvard can't have everything; must economize; better no department than a too-small one. There were counter arguments: Harvard's Geography staff was as large as corresponding departments in other Universities; the Geographical Institute was a big positive asset. Then the administration pulled the "no comment" shade down on the whole mess...
...before he got around to blasting the offending Forest, some of Sir Alfred's less conservative colleagues stopped squirming and started shouting. From the back of the room came cries of "That's beautiful!" and "Lovely work!" Munnings turned a shade redder, sputtered: "I hear other members interrupting me ... I am president and I have the right to speak. I shall not be here next year, thank...