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...stood now, the plan called for two major changes. Above the whole military establishment, it set up the single post of Secretary of National Defense. He would have Cabinet rank-but not his assistants, the Secretaries of the Army, Navy -and Air Force. For, peace to the restless shade of farsighted Billy Mitchell, there was at last to be a separate and independent Air Force...
...Schofield did over 30 years ago, and whose father remarks (as Mr. Schofield would not have felt impelled to) on the blessings of being "a good American citizen living up to his highest principles in a good American community." That kind of thing would be enough to rejoice the shade of George Horace Lorimer, from whose Saturday Evening Post Tarkington earned riches for years. But it is not "investigatory" of anything that had not been investigated before and better...
Somehow, something went slightly awry when the rich, omnipotent moviemakers moved millions of dollars' worth of Technicolor equipment into the simple lives of the simple Baxter family. The Florida sky is a shade too breathtakingly blue and the piercing green palm fronds are arranged into self-consciously composed landscapes; even the dusty good earth is downright gorgeous...
Standout performers for Coach Green are the brothers Gale, a pair of huge, talented operatives. Bob, who measures six foot five, was the leading scorer in the Ivy League four years ago, while Jim, an inch shorter, is regarded as just a shade less proficient than his elder brother. These two lads are dwarfed by one Ed Peterson, a six-foot-nine-inch performer who was previously used as a reserve, but may start at center against the Varsity...
...student organization now, for it produced a leadership which represents a cross-section of American students in the strictest sense. Chairman-elect Jim Smith, student body president at the University of Texas, heads an executive Committee including 30 regional chairmen and three representatives of an organizational council embracing every shade of political opinion and religious guidance...