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...Sharpen Your Knife." Jim Ringley, 59, is a dedicated Legion politician. During World War I, Ringley tried 17 times to get into the service, was turned down 17 times for faulty vision. On his 18th attempt, he made the grade, spent the rest of the war at Fort Oglethorpe and Fort Meade, and was discharged as a private. Returning to his native Chicago, he joined the Legion and plunged into its politics. In moments of Legion political crisis, Ringley's favorite maxim is: "When you're hurt, you smile and sharpen your knife...
Practice on the gym floor allows the freshmen to get an early jump on the actual season, but limited court space and faster play caused by the bounce off the boards makes it difficult for clay court players to sharpen their game...
...Sharpen Thinking...
...data as to the results of graduate training I will speak in terms of my own experience with students at the Harvard Business School and what I think I see happening to them in their two years here. First, through such a graduate program, almost every man appears to sharpen his ability to think constructively on business problems. During his two years at the Business School the student studies more than 1,000 case problems drawn from actual business situations. He is asked to analyze these cases and to work out a sensible program of action on the problem. Although...
Whether or not director Romney Brent can sharpen up the horse's technique for future performances, One Eye Closed is really miserable comedy. Of course, it may be a cleverly concealed allegory and not a comedy at all. In that case, it is also miserable allegory. The actors are completely lost in the script, and can make no more of it than can the audience. But it really isn't their fault. Mr. Sturm thought it would be killing to have a bunch of men pretend they are drunk, another man pretend he is a dangerous criminal, and a woman...